Crystal City vs Hillsboro

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

Crystal City and Hillsboro 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 3,483 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($65,278 vs $64,650 in Crystal City). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $169,500 in Crystal City).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
Population	4,721	3,483
Median age	43.2 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,650	$65,278
Median home value	$169,500	$206,200
Median gross rent	$893	$928
Housing units	1,985	1,250
Homeownership rate	71.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
Population	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)	3,185 → 3,483 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)	$66,174 → $65,278 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)	$153,600 → $206,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)	$835 → $928 (+11.1%)

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

Hillsboro

Population

3,1853,483

Median household income

$66,174$65,278

Median home value

$153,600$206,200

Median gross rent

$835$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	16.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.2%
75 and over	8.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
Drove alone	77.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	84.8%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1966	1995