Lake Crystal vs St. Clair

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

Lake Crystal and St. Clair 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 785 in St. Clair). St. Clair has the higher median household income ($101,375 vs $77,979 in Lake Crystal). St. Clair has the higher median home value ($200,800 vs $193,800 in Lake Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
Population	2,530	785
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,979	$101,375
Median home value	$193,800	$200,800
Median gross rent	$644	—
Housing units	1,149	287
Homeownership rate	79.7%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
Population	2,625 → 2,530 (-3.6%)	762 → 785 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$64,083 → $77,979 (+21.7%)	$64,792 → $101,375 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $193,800 (+26.5%)	$149,100 → $200,800 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $644 (-10.4%)	$633 → $775 (+22.4%)

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

St. Clair

Population

762785

Median household income

$64,792$101,375

Median home value

$149,100$200,800

Median gross rent

$633$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
Under 5	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.3%
75 and over	6.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
Drove alone	83.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	78.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	8.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Crystal	St. Clair
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1972	1971