Crystal City vs Loma Grande

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

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

Crystal City has the higher population (6,241 vs 336 in Loma Grande). Loma Grande has the higher median household income ($73,787 vs $38,598 in Crystal City). Since 2019, Loma Grande's population has grown faster (+22.6% vs -14.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
Population	6,241	336
Median age	33.6 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,598	$73,787
Median home value	$86,500	—
Median gross rent	$445	—
Housing units	2,519	91
Homeownership rate	65.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
Population	7,310 → 6,241 (-14.6%)	274 → 336 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$34,797 → $38,598 (+10.9%)	$2,499 → $73,787 (+2852.7%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $86,500 (+79.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$589 → $445 (-24.4%)	—

Crystal City

Population

7,3106,241

Median household income

$34,797$38,598

Median home value

$48,300$86,500

Median gross rent

$589$445

Loma Grande

Population

274336

Median household income

$2,499$73,787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
Under 5	5.8%	12.5%
5 to 17	27.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	54.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	2.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	0.0%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	6.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	93.6%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
No high school diploma	25.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
Drove alone	89.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
1-unit, detached	67.7%	8.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	91.2%

Poverty & households

	Crystal City	Loma Grande
Poverty rate	41.1%	23.2%
Average household size	2.74	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1968	1996