Amboy vs Lake Crystal

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Lake Crystal: population, income, housing, and more.

Amboy and Lake Crystal are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Crystal has the higher population (2,530 vs 553 in Amboy). Amboy has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $77,979 in Lake Crystal). Lake Crystal has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $125,300 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
Population	553	2,530
Median age	45.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,214	$77,979
Median home value	$125,300	$193,800
Median gross rent	$760	$644
Housing units	259	1,149
Homeownership rate	84.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
Population	651 → 553 (-15.1%)	2,625 → 2,530 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $78,214 (+54.5%)	$64,083 → $77,979 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $125,300 (+33.0%)	$153,200 → $193,800 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $760 (+27.7%)	$719 → $644 (-10.4%)

Amboy

Population

651553

Median household income

$50,625$78,214

Median home value

$94,200$125,300

Median gross rent

$595$760

Lake Crystal

Population

2,6252,530

Median household income

$64,083$77,979

Median home value

$153,200$193,800

Median gross rent

$719$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	13.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
Drove alone	89.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
1-unit, detached	86.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Lake Crystal
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1972