One of the benefits of Crystal City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.89 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Crystal City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Crystal City with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.13% of adults in Crystal City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
