Lake Crystal vs Mapleton

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

Lake Crystal and Mapleton 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 1,745 in Mapleton). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($82,031 vs $77,979 in Lake Crystal). Lake Crystal has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $176,400 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
Population	2,530	1,745
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,979	$82,031
Median home value	$193,800	$176,400
Median gross rent	$644	$772
Housing units	1,149	669
Homeownership rate	79.7%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
Population	2,625 → 2,530 (-3.6%)	1,716 → 1,745 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$64,083 → $77,979 (+21.7%)	$61,793 → $82,031 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $193,800 (+26.5%)	$124,300 → $176,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $644 (-10.4%)	$664 → $772 (+16.3%)

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

Mapleton

Population

1,7161,745

Median household income

$61,793$82,031

Median home value

$124,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$664$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
Under 5	5.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.2%
75 and over	6.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
Drove alone	83.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	78.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Crystal	Mapleton
Poverty rate	11.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1956