Crystal vs Robbinsdale

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

Crystal and Robbinsdale 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 14,318 in Robbinsdale). Crystal has the higher median household income ($86,752 vs $84,719 in Robbinsdale). Crystal has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $280,400 in Robbinsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
Population	22,685	14,318
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,752	$84,719
Median home value	$280,500	$280,400
Median gross rent	$1,437	$1,582
Housing units	9,611	6,639
Homeownership rate	75.4%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
Population	22,975 → 22,685 (-1.3%)	14,468 → 14,318 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$67,342 → $86,752 (+28.8%)	$70,348 → $84,719 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $280,500 (+42.2%)	$201,100 → $280,400 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,437 (+30.8%)	$982 → $1,582 (+61.1%)

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

Robbinsdale

Population

14,46814,318

Median household income

$70,348$84,719

Median home value

$201,100$280,400

Median gross rent

$982$1,582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
Under 5	4.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.1%
75 and over	6.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	64.3%
Black or African American	13.9%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	23.9%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
Drove alone	66.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.9%
Public transit	3.5%	2.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.1%	17.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
1-unit, detached	75.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	15.2%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Robbinsdale
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1959	1957