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SheetFL-CRESTVIEW-FL · Crestview, FL 28,046 pop · income 48th pct · 49 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Crestview
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Crestview on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Henderson · lowest
47,176
Henderson · lowest
47,176 median HH income
36.5% of the leader · rank #1
Gun Barrel Ci… · near
69,273
Gun Barrel Ci… · near
69,273 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #2
Clifton · near
69,276
Clifton · near
69,276 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #3
Crestview · this city
69,279
Crestview · this city
69,279 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #4
Grace · near
69,286
Grace · near
69,286 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #5
Burlington · near
69,286
Burlington · near
69,286 median HH income
53.6% of the leader · rank #6
Tysons · highest
129,189
Tysons · highest
129,189 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Crestview on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 28,046.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Crestview - the verdict
Crestview ranks in the 48th percentile for household income and the 42nd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
48th
percentile, household income
59th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
42nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Crestview, FL
Crestview is a small city in Florida, home to 28,046 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Crestview report a median income of $69,279 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.1%. Typical homes in Crestview are valued around $266,500, and the median resident age is 32.2 years. About 22.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 56.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 310 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 70% from five years earlier. Crestview reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1621.9 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Florida run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Crestview's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to work and mobility to population change to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Crestview, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Crestview?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Crestview?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
What can 49 Census tracts reveal inside Crestview?
PlainCities matches 49 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Crestview?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Citrus Park (28,163 residents, $84,220 income); Rockledge (28,279 residents, $83,009 income); Apollo Beach (28,347 residents, $113,130 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Clayton, NC (28,043 residents); Ramsey, MN (28,070 residents); Tysons, VA (28,022 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Crestview growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,677 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +13.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 310 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
27,516
2025 estimate
31,193
Period change
+13.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the education layer cover for Crestview?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 17 public schools within the city match. 22.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
7.1%
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%
Matched public schools
17
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Crestview?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1621.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 29% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1621.9
Violent rate
214.0
Property rate
1407.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 7.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
D
City profile score · Crestview, FL
43/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C-
7.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$69,279
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
214 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Crestview profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 52/100 (C-) · 7.1%
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $69,279
Violent crime: 46/100 (D) · 214 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.7%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Crestview sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Crestview's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Crestview highlighted among 27 peers.Read the chart values
Crestview, FL (this city): home $266,500, crime 1,622/100k
Clayton, NC : home $292,400, crime 1,451/100k
Ramsey, MN : home $345,000, crime 580/100k
Henderson, KY : home $151,400, crime 2,134/100k
Glen Cove, NY : home $654,500, crime 580/100k
West Melbourne, FL : home $341,500, crime 1,351/100k
Leesburg, FL : home $214,300, crime 2,557/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Crestview compare to other US cities?
Here's how Crestview stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value59% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
Safety42% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Florida alone, Crestview ranks #54 of 120 Florida cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Crestview against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Crestview near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Crestview ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Crestview only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#430 of 903
52nd percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#523 of 894
41st percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#496 of 930
46th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#547 of 930
41st percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
48th percentile nationally for median household income · 42nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Crestview's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Crestview's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Crestview's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$266,50041st percentilemore affordable than 41% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Crestview's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,217 of 15,516
More affordable than 34% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,831 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.8×, Crestview sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,217 of 15,516 and #1,831 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$69,279Crestview, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Crestview, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Crestview, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
28,046
Median Income
$69,279
Median Home Value
$266,500
Median Age
32.2
Poverty Rate
7.1%
Labor force participation
56.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1621.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
214.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1407.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
17
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Crestview's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
27,516 residents
2021
27,814 residents
2022
28,311 residents
2023
29,423 residents
2024
30,625 residents
2025
31,193 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
310
housing units authorized
Single-Family
150
detached homes
Multifamily
160
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
182
182
0
$48.6M
2020
146
146
0
$38.2M
2021
176
148
28
$45.1M
2022
489
171
318
$75.5M
2023
826
330
496
$110.5M
2024
310
150
160
$50.6M
Permit volume increased 70% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.8%
Carpool
12.0%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
8.9%
Other
1.0%
Based on 13,489 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Crestview. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Crestview is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Crestview sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Crestview compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.