Crystal City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,099 people and two associated neighborhoods, Crystal City is the 327th largest community in Texas.Crystal City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Crystal City is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crystal City who work in management occupations (16.17%), office and administrative support (11.60%), and sales jobs (8.36%). 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. 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 citizens of Crystal City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 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.
