Crestview is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 29,300 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Crestview is the 115th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Crestview, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Crestview, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Crestview’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Crestview does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,279.00.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Crestview, employing 7.69% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Public Service and Retail industries employ 15.15% and 13.85% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Crestview telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.88% 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.

In Crestview, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.25 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: 22.70% of adults in Crestview have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Crestview in 2022 was $31,414, 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 $125,656 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 11.00% 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.