Crystal vs New Hope

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

Crystal and New Hope 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 21,402 in New Hope). Crystal has the higher median household income ($86,752 vs $73,698 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $280,500 in Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	New Hope
Population	22,685	21,402
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,752	$73,698
Median home value	$280,500	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,306
Housing units	9,611	9,417
Homeownership rate	75.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	New Hope
Population	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)	20,925 → 21,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)	$60,675 → $73,698 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)	$225,100 → $314,600 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)	$1,034 → $1,306 (+26.3%)

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

New Hope

Population

20,92521,402

Median household income

$60,675$73,698

Median home value

$225,100$314,600

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	New Hope
Under 5	4.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	59.4%
Black or African American	13.9%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	4.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	New Hope
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	New Hope
Drove alone	66.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.7%
Public transit	3.5%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	New Hope
1-unit, detached	75.9%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	15.3%
20 or more units	15.2%	31.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	New Hope
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1959	1969