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SheetFL-CRYSTAL-LAKE-FL · Crystal Lake, FL 5,203 pop · income 16th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Crystal Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Crystal Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fort Meade · lowest
35,131
Fort Meade · lowest
35,131 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #1
Crystal Lake · this city
47,679
Crystal Lake · this city
47,679 median HH income
52.6% of the leader · rank #2
Berry Creek · near
47,679
Berry Creek · near
47,679 median HH income
52.6% of the leader · rank #3
Thurston · near
47,679
Thurston · near
47,679 median HH income
52.6% of the leader · rank #4
Pauls Valley · near
47,681
Pauls Valley · near
47,681 median HH income
52.6% of the leader · rank #5
Sledge · near
47,688
Sledge · near
47,688 median HH income
52.7% of the leader · rank #6
Samsula-Spruc… · highest
90,575
Samsula-Spruc… · highest
90,575 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Crystal Lake on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,203.
Nationally, Crystal Lake sits in the 16th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
16th
percentile, household income
35th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Crystal Lake, FL
5,203 people live in Crystal Lake, Florida - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Crystal Lake report a median income of $47,679 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 20.8%. Home values in Crystal Lake run a median of $174,900, and the median resident age is 38.5 years. 11.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,526 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Crystal Lake's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Crystal Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Crystal Lake?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are River Ridge (5,191 residents, $86,786 income); Rainbow Springs (5,226 residents, $49,535 income); Samsula-Spruce Creek (5,174 residents, $90,575 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Avondale, LA (5,200 residents); Glennville, GA (5,199 residents); Chadron, NE (5,207 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Crystal Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Crystal Lake?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 20.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Crystal Lake, FL
17/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$47,679
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
20.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Crystal Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Household income: 17/100 (F) · $47,679
Poverty rate: 12/100 (F) · 20.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 11/100 (F) · 11.8%
How does Crystal Lake compare to other US cities?
Crystal Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income16% higher than other cities
Home value35% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Crystal Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Crystal Lake near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Crystal Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Crystal Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#775 of 903
14th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#735 of 894
18th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#99 of 930
89th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#795 of 930
14th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
16th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Crystal Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$174,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 65% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Crystal Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,604 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,659 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Crystal Lake sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,604 of 15,516 and #7,659 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$47,679Crystal Lake, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Crystal Lake, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Crystal Lake, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)20.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,203
Median Income
$47,679
Median Home Value
$174,900
Median Age
38.5
Poverty Rate
20.8%
Labor force participation
55.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
6.9%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
7.8%
Other
9.5%
Based on 2,186 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Crystal Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Crystal Lake is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Crystal Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Crystal Lake compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.