Crystal City is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,710 people and just one neighborhood, Crystal City is the 145th largest community in Missouri.
Unlike some cities, Crystal City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Crystal City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crystal City is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Crystal City who work in management occupations (10.69%), office and administrative support (9.98%), and food service (8.66%).
Also of interest is that Crystal City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Crystal City is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small city, Crystal City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Crystal City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.46% of the adults in Crystal City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Crystal City in 2022 was $31,124, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,496 for a family of four. However, Crystal City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Crystal City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crystal City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crystal City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crystal City include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Crystal City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Crystal City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 31.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Crystal City, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report English roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.