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.

Crestview is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Crestview, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.47% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In Crestview, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Crestview citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.62% of adults in Crestview have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Crestview in 2018 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.