Crystal vs Golden Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal and Golden Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crystal has the higher population (22,685 vs 21,927 in Golden Valley). Golden Valley has the higher median household income ($114,435 vs $86,752 in Crystal). Golden Valley has the higher median home value ($423,500 vs $280,500 in Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Golden Valley
Population	22,685	21,927
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,752	$114,435
Median home value	$280,500	$423,500
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,815
Housing units	9,611	10,302
Homeownership rate	75.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Golden Valley
Population	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)	21,566 → 21,927 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)	$98,058 → $114,435 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)	$304,700 → $423,500 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)	$1,349 → $1,815 (+34.5%)

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

Golden Valley

Population

21,56621,927

Median household income

$98,058$114,435

Median home value

$304,700$423,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Golden Valley
Under 5	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.8%
75 and over	6.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Golden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	79.6%
Black or African American	13.9%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Golden Valley
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Golden Valley
Drove alone	66.3%	66.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.9%
Public transit	3.5%	2.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.1%	25.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Golden Valley
1-unit, detached	75.9%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	15.2%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Golden Valley
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1959	1966