Crystal City vs High Ridge

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

Crystal City and High Ridge 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 4,209 in High Ridge). High Ridge has the higher median household income ($75,040 vs $64,650 in Crystal City). Crystal City has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $166,400 in High Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	High Ridge
Population	4,721	4,209
Median age	43.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,650	$75,040
Median home value	$169,500	$166,400
Median gross rent	$893	$1,106
Housing units	1,985	1,793
Homeownership rate	71.8%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	High Ridge
Population	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)	4,459 → 4,209 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)	$64,231 → $75,040 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)	$131,700 → $166,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)	$954 → $1,106 (+15.9%)

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

High Ridge

Population

4,4594,209

Median household income

$64,231$75,040

Median home value

$131,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$954$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	High Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.1%
75 and over	8.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	High Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	High Ridge
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	33.7%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	High Ridge
Drove alone	77.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	High Ridge
1-unit, detached	84.8%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	High Ridge
Poverty rate	14.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1966	1976