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 18.27 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Crystal City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Crystal City have a very low rate of college education: just 7.46% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Crystal City in 2022 was $20,170, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,680 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 41.12% 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 93.56% 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 Asian. 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.
