Crystal Lakes vs Hardin

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Lakes and Hardin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hardin has the higher population (683 vs 460 in Crystal Lakes). Hardin has the higher median household income ($75,606 vs $66,964 in Crystal Lakes). Crystal Lakes has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $96,700 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
Population	460	683
Median age	32.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$75,606
Median home value	$156,900	$96,700
Median gross rent	$875	$1,000
Housing units	171	286
Homeownership rate	88.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
Population	346 → 460 (+32.9%)	609 → 683 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$65,500 → $66,964 (+2.2%)	$49,643 → $75,606 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $156,900 (+35.3%)	$65,600 → $96,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $875 (+6.7%)	$1,009 → $1,000 (-0.9%)

Crystal Lakes

Population

346460

Median household income

$65,500$66,964

Median home value

$116,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$820$875

Hardin

Population

609683

Median household income

$49,643$75,606

Median home value

$65,600$96,700

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
Under 5	11.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	20.2%	20.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.7%
75 and over	8.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	53.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
Drove alone	76.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	10.0%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
1-unit, detached	94.7%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lakes	Hardin
Poverty rate	18.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1984	1951