Brooklyn Center vs Crystal

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn Center and Crystal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brooklyn Center has the higher population (32,811 vs 22,685 in Crystal). Crystal has the higher median household income ($86,752 vs $72,009 in Brooklyn Center). Crystal has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $261,100 in Brooklyn Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
Population	32,811	22,685
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,009	$86,752
Median home value	$261,100	$280,500
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,437
Housing units	11,623	9,611
Homeownership rate	61.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
Population	30,849 → 32,811 (+6.4%)	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$59,550 → $72,009 (+20.9%)	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$172,800 → $261,100 (+51.1%)	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,345 (+24.2%)	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)

Brooklyn Center

Population

30,84932,811

Median household income

$59,550$72,009

Median home value

$172,800$261,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,345

Crystal

Population

22,97522,685

Median household income

$67,342$86,752

Median home value

$197,300$280,500

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
Under 5	8.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.3%
75 and over	4.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	66.5%
Black or African American	33.7%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	16.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
Drove alone	67.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.5%
Public transit	3.7%	3.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	18.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
1-unit, detached	59.4%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	19.5%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn Center	Crystal
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1962	1959