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Crestline, CA
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Living in Crestline



Crestline is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 11,650 people and four associated neighborhoods, Crestline is the 399th largest community in California.

Of important note, Crestline is also a town of artists. Crestline has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Crestline’s character.

Also of interest is that Crestline 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 Crestline telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.92% 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.

Another notable thing is that Crestline is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Crestline has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Crestline has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crestline than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crestline may be for you.

One downside of living in Crestline, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.95 minutes every day commuting to work.

Crestline is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Crestline is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.94% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Crestline in 2018 was $38,069, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,276 for a family of four. However, Crestline contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Crestline is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Crestline home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crestline residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crestline also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crestline include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Crestline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.