† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCrystalMinnesotaUnited States
German23.5%29.2%12.5%
Irish10.6%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian10.0%12.1%—
English7.9%6.6%9.5%
Swedish6.6%6.5%—
Polish3.7%3.7%2.2%
French2.7%1.8%1.6%
Italian2.4%—4.8%
African American†8.2%3.8%9.9%
Somali2.2%1.1%—
African0.9%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian0.7%0.5%—
Liberian0.7%0.2%—
Nigerian0.4%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.3%0.2%—
Mexican6.4%3.9%11.3%
Ecuadorian1.0%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.6%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
Hmong1.0%1.7%—
Asian Indian0.9%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Crystal
Minnesota
United States
Median age
37.7
39
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crystal
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$92,513
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.2%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.1%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crystal
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.5%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
9.5%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.5%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
2.4%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crystal
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Crystal, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.2%
2008
+19.3%
2012
+23.0%
2016
+24.1%
2020
+33.2%
2024
+35.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
66.5%Harris8,409
30.6%Trump3,876
2.9%
D+35.8
D+2.6
D+37.3
12,650
D
65.1%Biden8,747
31.9%Trump4,281
3.0%
D+33.2
D+9.1
D+28.8
13,436
D
56.8%Clinton6,959
32.7%Trump4,003
10.5%
D+24.1
D+1.1
D+22.1
12,243
D
60.3%Obama7,693
37.3%Romney4,756
2.4%
D+23.0
D+3.7
D+19.2
12,749
D
58.4%Obama7,472
39.1%McCain5,002
2.5%
D+19.3
D+9.1
D+12.0
12,797
D
54.0%Kerry6,830
43.7%Bush5,535
2.3%
D+10.2
—
D+12.7
12,655
Crystal sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.8 points.
A population of 22,476, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,513 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Hope and Robbinsdale.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Crystal, Minnesota voted Democratic by 35.8 points (D+35.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,650 votes cast, 8,409 went Democratic and 3,876 went Republican.
How many people live in Crystal, Minnesota?
Crystal, Minnesota has a population of 22,476 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crystal, Minnesota?
Median household income in Crystal, Minnesota is $92,513 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Crystal, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Crystal, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
