Crestview is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 28,234 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Crestview is the 115th largest community in Florida. Crestview has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Crestview, where the median household income is $61,311.00.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Crestview. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 31.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The population of Crestview overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Crestview, 22.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Crestview in 2022 was $30,354, 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 $121,416 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 10.07% 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.