Crystal vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (36,725 vs 22,685 in Crystal). Crystal has the higher median household income ($86,752 vs $84,055 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median home value ($320,400 vs $280,500 in Crystal).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Richfield
Population	22,685	36,725
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,752	$84,055
Median home value	$280,500	$320,400
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,334
Housing units	9,611	16,759
Homeownership rate	75.4%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Richfield
Population	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)	36,063 → 36,725 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)	$66,908 → $84,055 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)	$225,200 → $320,400 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)	$1,079 → $1,334 (+23.6%)

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

Richfield

Population

36,06336,725

Median household income

$66,908$84,055

Median home value

$225,200$320,400

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Richfield
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.3%
75 and over	6.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	61.1%
Black or African American	13.9%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	4.1%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Richfield
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Richfield
Drove alone	66.3%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.8%
Public transit	3.5%	4.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.1%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Richfield
1-unit, detached	75.9%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	15.2%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Richfield
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1959	1959