Crystal Springs is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,668 people and three associated neighborhoods, Crystal Springs is the 70th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Crystal Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.82% of the Crystal Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Crystal Springs is a city of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crystal Springs who work in teaching (11.80%), management occupations (10.07%), and healthcare suport services (8.12%). Also of interest is that Crystal Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One downside of living in Crystal Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.86 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Crystal Springs citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.96% of adults in Crystal Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Crystal Springs in 2022 was $27,027, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,108 for a family of four. However, Crystal Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crystal Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crystal Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crystal Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Crystal Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crystal Springs include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Crystal Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
