Crestview is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 30,727 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Crestview is the 115th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Crestview was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Crestview economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Crestview, where the median household income is $69,279.00.Crestview is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.69% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 15.15% and 13.85% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Crestview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Crestview telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.88% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Crestview is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Crestview, the average commute to work is 31.25 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Crestview citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.70% of adults in Crestview have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Crestview in 2022 was $31,414, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,656 for a family of four. However, Crestview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crestview is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crestview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crestview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crestview also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crestview include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Crestview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
