Crystal City vs Herculaneum

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

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

Herculaneum has the higher population (4,925 vs 4,721 in Crystal City). Herculaneum has the higher median household income ($88,778 vs $64,650 in Crystal City). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $169,500 in Crystal City).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
Population	4,721	4,925
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,650	$88,778
Median home value	$169,500	$222,100
Median gross rent	$893	$2,065
Housing units	1,985	1,891
Homeownership rate	71.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
Population	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)

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

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
Under 5	4.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.3%
75 and over	8.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.6%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
Drove alone	77.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
1-unit, detached	84.8%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	Herculaneum
Poverty rate	14.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1966	2001