Crestwood is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 11,720 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Crestwood is the 69th largest community in Missouri.

Crestwood is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Crestwood is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crestwood who work in sales jobs (15.19%), office and administrative support jobs (15.17%), and management occupations (9.67%).

Also of interest is that Crestwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Crestwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Crestwood is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Crestwood isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.55% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Crestwood Information and Demographics

The population of Crestwood is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.67% of adults in Crestwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crestwood in 2000 was $26,793, which is wealthy relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,172 for a family of four.

The people who call Crestwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Crestwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Crestwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Crestwood is English.