Crystal, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: -17.3%
Males: 134 | (50.2%) |
Females: 133 | (49.8%) |
Median resident age: | 49.1 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54801.
Crystal: | $42,505 |
WI: | $70,996 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $31,198 (it was $15,706 in 2000)
Crystal town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $251,215 (it was $98,800 in 2000)
Crystal: | $251,215 |
WI: | $252,800 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $263,471; detached houses: $274,298; townhouses or other attached units: $311,266; in 2-unit structures: $123,768; mobile homes: $86,388; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $30,137
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Crystal, WI
- 25796.3%White alone
- 51.9%American Indian alone
- 20.7%Two or more races
- 20.7%Hispanic
- 10.4%Asian alone
Races in Crystal detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Ancestries: German (28.2%), Norwegian (16.7%), Irish (9.0%), Swedish (6.8%), Polish (5.9%), United States (5.9%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 35.1 square miles.
Population density: 7.6 people per square mile (very low).
6 residents are foreign born
This town: | 1.9% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Crystal town: | 1.0% ($963) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (66.8 miles , pop. 86,918).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (92.0 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (342.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.85 N, Longitude: 91.72 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Here: | 3.9% |
Wisconsin: | 2.7% |
- Construction (16.1%)
- Health care (15.3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (13.6%)
- Metal & metal products (6.8%)
- Truck transportation (5.1%)
- Educational services (5.1%)
- Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (4.2%)
- Construction (28.4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (14.9%)
- Truck transportation (9.0%)
- Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (7.5%)
- Metal & metal products (6.0%)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation (6.0%)
- Wood products (3.0%)
- Health care (31.4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (11.8%)
- Educational services (11.8%)
- Metal & metal products (7.8%)
- Health & personal care, except drug, stores (5.9%)
- Hardware, plumbing & heating equipment, supplies merchant wholesalers (3.9%)
- Wood products (3.9%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (6.8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5.1%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5.1%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.2%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.2%)
- Carpenters (4.2%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.2%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (9.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9.0%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (7.5%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (7.5%)
- Carpenters (7.5%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7.5%)
- Agricultural workers, including supervisors (6.0%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9.8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9.8%)
- Other teachers, instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7.8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7.8%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (5.9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5.9%)
Average climate in Crystal, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Crystal-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 35% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/18/2001, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.3 miles away from the Crystal town center killed 2 people and injured 16 people and caused $10 million in damages.
On 6/4/1958, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 55.7 miles away from the town center killed 21 people and injured 74 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Crystal-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 209.0 miles away from the city center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 221.1 miles away from the city center
On 2/7/2020 at 18:30:28, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 122.1 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2020 at 18:16:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB) earthquake occurred 125.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/8/2020 at 17:14:33, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 126.4 miles away from the city center
On 4/24/2020 at 17:23:43, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 ML) earthquake occurred 123.0 miles away from Crystal center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Washburn County (9) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Tornadoes: 3, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Crystal:
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 13 miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,414)
- University of Wisconsin-Superior (about 63 miles; Superior, WI; FT enrollment: 2,302)
- Lake Superior College (about 68 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,768)
- University of Wisconsin-Stout (about 68 miles; Menomonie, WI; FT enrollment: 8,120)
- University of Minnesota-Duluth (about 69 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 10,612)
- The College of Saint Scholastica (about 69 miles; Duluth, MN; FT enrollment: 3,762)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (about 74 miles; Eau Claire, WI; FT enrollment: 10,143)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Crystal Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Crystal: Anah Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Potato Lake (A), Spring Lake (B), Dilley Lake (C), Lucky Lake (D), Spring Lake (E), Crystal Swamp (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pine Brook (A), Dugan Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
This town: | 2.4 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 71.2% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 10.8% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
This town: | 9.0% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Crystal:
- Never married: 23.3%
- Now married: 56.5%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 11.7%
For population 25 years and over in Crystal:
- High school or higher: 72.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.8%
- Unemployed: 6.3%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.8 minutes
Here: | 12.3 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Crystal, WI (based on Washburn County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 3,098 | 20 |
Mainline Protestant | 2,706 | 12 |
Catholic | 2,317 | 5 |
Other | 2 | 1 |
None | 7,788 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 5.40 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.80 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Washburn County: | 17.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 9.1% |
State: | 7.6% |
Here: | 27.1% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Washburn County: | 9.3% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Crystal:
- WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WCSW (940 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Crystal:
- WOJB (88.9 FM; RESERVE, WI; Owner: LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWA PUBLIC)
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WHSM-FM (101.1 FM; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- WRLS-FM (92.3 FM; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: VACATIONLAND BROADCASTER, INC.)
- WKFX (97.7 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WJMC-FM (96.1 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WAQE-FM (97.7 FM; BARRON, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Crystal:
- W57AS (Channel 57; SPOONER, WI; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K31GH (Channel 31; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: KQDS ACQUISITION CORP.)
Crystal compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.