Crystal Lakes vs Lawson

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

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

Lawson has the higher population (2,742 vs 460 in Crystal Lakes). Crystal Lakes has the higher median household income ($66,964 vs $63,799 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $156,900 in Crystal Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
Population	460	2,742
Median age	32.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$63,799
Median home value	$156,900	$169,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,006
Housing units	171	1,053
Homeownership rate	88.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
Population	346 → 460 (+32.9%)	2,145 → 2,742 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$65,500 → $66,964 (+2.2%)	$59,698 → $63,799 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $156,900 (+35.3%)	$119,900 → $169,500 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $875 (+6.7%)	$736 → $1,006 (+36.7%)

Crystal Lakes

Population

346460

Median household income

$65,500$66,964

Median home value

$116,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$820$875

Lawson

Population

2,1452,742

Median household income

$59,698$63,799

Median home value

$119,900$169,500

Median gross rent

$736$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
Under 5	11.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.5%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
No high school diploma	5.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	53.6%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
Drove alone	76.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	12.3%
Other means	7.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
1-unit, detached	94.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Lakes	Lawson
Poverty rate	18.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1984	1978