Crystal Lakes vs Wood Heights

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

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

Wood Heights has the higher population (783 vs 460 in Crystal Lakes). Wood Heights has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $66,964 in Crystal Lakes). Wood Heights has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $156,900 in Crystal Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
Population	460	783
Median age	32.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$85,417
Median home value	$156,900	$187,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,200
Housing units	171	291
Homeownership rate	88.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
Population	346 → 460 (+32.9%)	672 → 783 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$65,500 → $66,964 (+2.2%)	$71,136 → $85,417 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $156,900 (+35.3%)	$126,300 → $187,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $875 (+6.7%)	$930 → $1,200 (+29.0%)

Crystal Lakes

Population

346460

Median household income

$65,500$66,964

Median home value

$116,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$820$875

Wood Heights

Population

672783

Median household income

$71,136$85,417

Median home value

$126,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
Under 5	11.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	20.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	14.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	53.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
Drove alone	76.6%	90.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Lakes	Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	94.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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	Wood Heights
Poverty rate	18.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1984	1975