Byrnes Mill vs Crystal City

A side-by-side comparison of Byrnes Mill and Crystal City: population, income, housing, and more.

Byrnes Mill and Crystal City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crystal City has the higher population (4,721 vs 3,168 in Byrnes Mill). Byrnes Mill has the higher median household income ($87,663 vs $64,650 in Crystal City). Byrnes Mill has the higher median home value ($249,500 vs $169,500 in Crystal City).

Population, income & housing

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
Population	3,168	4,721
Median age	39.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,663	$64,650
Median home value	$249,500	$169,500
Median gross rent	$1,039	$893
Housing units	1,310	1,985
Homeownership rate	84.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
Population	2,970 → 3,168 (+6.7%)	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$69,583 → $87,663 (+26.0%)	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$226,700 → $249,500 (+10.1%)	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,039 (+18.6%)	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)

Byrnes Mill

Population

2,9703,168

Median household income

$69,583$87,663

Median home value

$226,700$249,500

Median gross rent

$876$1,039

Crystal City

Population

4,7404,721

Median household income

$56,264$64,650

Median home value

$134,000$169,500

Median gross rent

$851$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.8%
75 and over	2.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
Drove alone	78.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	5.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
1-unit, detached	63.7%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	35.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Byrnes Mill	Crystal City
Poverty rate	20.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1996	1966