Crystal City vs De Soto

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

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

De Soto has the higher population (6,452 vs 4,721 in Crystal City). Crystal City has the higher median household income ($64,650 vs $46,181 in De Soto). Crystal City has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $144,000 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	De Soto
Population	4,721	6,452
Median age	43.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,650	$46,181
Median home value	$169,500	$144,000
Median gross rent	$893	$828
Housing units	1,985	3,075
Homeownership rate	71.8%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	De Soto
Population	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)	6,380 → 6,452 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)	$39,788 → $46,181 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)	$112,200 → $144,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)	$729 → $828 (+13.6%)

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

De Soto

Population

6,3806,452

Median household income

$39,788$46,181

Median home value

$112,200$144,000

Median gross rent

$729$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	De Soto
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.6%
75 and over	8.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	De Soto
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	De Soto
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	De Soto
Drove alone	77.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	17.1%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	De Soto
1-unit, detached	84.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	19.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	De Soto
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1966	1966