Crystal City vs Imperial

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

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

Imperial has the higher population (5,617 vs 4,721 in Crystal City). Imperial has the higher median household income ($87,949 vs $64,650 in Crystal City). Imperial has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $169,500 in Crystal City).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	Imperial
Population	4,721	5,617
Median age	43.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,650	$87,949
Median home value	$169,500	$221,900
Median gross rent	$893	$1,255
Housing units	1,985	2,037
Homeownership rate	71.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	Imperial
Population	4,740 → 4,721 (-0.4%)	4,260 → 5,617 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$56,264 → $64,650 (+14.9%)	$64,565 → $87,949 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $169,500 (+26.5%)	$162,300 → $221,900 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $893 (+4.9%)	$944 → $1,255 (+32.9%)

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

Imperial

Population

4,2605,617

Median household income

$64,565$87,949

Median home value

$162,300$221,900

Median gross rent

$944$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	Imperial
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.6%
75 and over	8.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	Imperial
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	Imperial
Drove alone	77.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	Imperial
1-unit, detached	84.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	Imperial
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1966	1989