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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Crystal City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.84% of the Crystal City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Crystal City is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crystal City who work in office and administrative support (14.54%), management occupations (10.79%), and healthcare suport services (9.69%). One of the benefits of Crystal City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.27 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 population of Crystal City has a very low overall level of education: only 7.46% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. 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.
