Big Bear City vs Crestline

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bear City and Crestline: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Bear City and Crestline are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Bear City has the higher population (12,493 vs 10,431 in Crestline). Crestline has the higher median household income ($79,378 vs $72,457 in Big Bear City). Big Bear City has the higher median home value ($427,700 vs $363,500 in Crestline).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bear City	Crestline
Population	12,493	10,431
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,457	$79,378
Median home value	$427,700	$363,500
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,488
Housing units	12,489	7,518
Homeownership rate	71.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bear City	Crestline
Population	13,463 → 12,493 (-7.2%)	8,709 → 10,431 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $72,457 (+39.7%)	$61,953 → $79,378 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$257,200 → $427,700 (+66.3%)	$258,100 → $363,500 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,454 (+30.6%)	$1,007 → $1,488 (+47.8%)

Big Bear City

Population

13,46312,493

Median household income

$51,875$72,457

Median home value

$257,200$427,700

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,454

Crestline

Population

8,70910,431

Median household income

$61,953$79,378

Median home value

$258,100$363,500

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bear City	Crestline
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.8%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bear City	Crestline
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bear City	Crestline
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bear City	Crestline
Drove alone	72.3%	64.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	24.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bear City	Crestline
1-unit, detached	94.4%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Bear City	Crestline
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1978	1966