Crystal Springs vs Wesson

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

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

Crystal Springs has the higher population (4,766 vs 2,346 in Wesson). Wesson has the higher median household income ($50,987 vs $42,990 in Crystal Springs). Wesson has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $88,300 in Crystal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
Population	4,766	2,346
Median age	43.2 yrs	20.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,990	$50,987
Median home value	$88,300	$111,700
Median gross rent	$689	$1,084
Housing units	1,957	629
Homeownership rate	62.1%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
Population	4,794 → 4,766 (-0.6%)	2,204 → 2,346 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$41,026 → $42,990 (+4.8%)	$51,932 → $50,987 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $88,300 (+1.5%)	$136,500 → $111,700 (-18.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $689 (-10.4%)	$856 → $1,084 (+26.6%)

Crystal Springs

Population

4,7944,766

Median household income

$41,026$42,990

Median home value

$87,000$88,300

Median gross rent

$769$689

Wesson

Population

2,2042,346

Median household income

$51,932$50,987

Median home value

$136,500$111,700

Median gross rent

$856$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
Under 5	8.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	32.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	3.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.7%
75 and over	8.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	68.3%
Black or African American	66.2%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
No high school diploma	15.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
Drove alone	88.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
1-unit, detached	68.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Springs	Wesson
Poverty rate	23.4%	26.9%
Average household size	2.82	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1979	1977