Crystal vs Hopkins

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

Crystal and Hopkins 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 18,696 in Hopkins). Crystal has the higher median household income ($86,752 vs $71,170 in Hopkins). Hopkins has the higher median home value ($350,100 vs $280,500 in Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Hopkins
Population	22,685	18,696
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,752	$71,170
Median home value	$280,500	$350,100
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,346
Housing units	9,611	10,105
Homeownership rate	75.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Hopkins
Population	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)	18,382 → 18,696 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)	$56,390 → $71,170 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)	$227,500 → $350,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)	$1,032 → $1,346 (+30.4%)

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

Hopkins

Population

18,38218,696

Median household income

$56,390$71,170

Median home value

$227,500$350,100

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Hopkins
Under 5	4.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	22.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.3%
75 and over	6.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Hopkins
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	63.2%
Black or African American	13.9%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Hopkins
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Hopkins
Drove alone	66.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.1%
Public transit	3.5%	3.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.1%	18.8%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Hopkins
1-unit, detached	75.9%	30.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	17.3%
20 or more units	15.2%	39.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Hopkins
Poverty rate	7.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.40	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1959	1973