Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.89 minutes getting to work every day.
Crystal City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Crystal City rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.13% of adults 25 and older in Crystal City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Crystal City in 2022 was $21,198, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,792 for a family of four. However, Crystal City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crystal City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Crystal City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crystal City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Crystal City, accounting for 95.31% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). 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 Scottish, British, Dutch, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Crystal City is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
