Crystal Bay vs Gerlach

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Bay and Gerlach: population, income, housing, and more.

Crystal Bay and Gerlach are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crystal Bay has the higher population (148 vs 53 in Gerlach). Since 2019, Gerlach's population has grown faster (+55.9% vs -19.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
Population	148	53
Median age	72.7 yrs	—
Median household income	$250,001	—
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Housing units	203	116
Homeownership rate	92.5%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.4%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
Population	184 → 148 (-19.6%)	34 → 53 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$177,167 → $250,001 (+41.1%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	—

Crystal Bay

Population

184148

Median household income

$177,167$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Gerlach

Population

3453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	34.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	66.0%
65 to 74	42.6%	0.0%
75 and over	41.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	66.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	34.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	43.9%	66.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
Drove alone	0.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	66.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	34.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
1-unit, detached	69.5%	22.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.5%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Bay	Gerlach
Poverty rate	0.0%	66.0%
Average household size	1.85	—
Median year structure built	1974	1982