Crestline vs Fort Irwin

A side-by-side comparison of Crestline and Fort Irwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crestline has the higher population (10,431 vs 8,791 in Fort Irwin). Crestline has the higher median household income ($79,378 vs $66,964 in Fort Irwin). Since 2019, Crestline's population has grown faster (+19.8% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
Population	10,431	8,791
Median age	41.1 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,378	$66,964
Median home value	$363,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,488	$1,601
Housing units	7,518	3,100
Homeownership rate	73.9%	1.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
Population	8,709 → 10,431 (+19.8%)	9,872 → 8,791 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$61,953 → $79,378 (+28.1%)	$54,787 → $66,964 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $363,500 (+40.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,488 (+47.8%)	$1,369 → $1,601 (+16.9%)

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

Fort Irwin

Population

9,8728,791

Median household income

$54,787$66,964

Median gross rent

$1,369$1,601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
Under 5	6.2%	12.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	27.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	31.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	0.0%
75 and over	6.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	53.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
No high school diploma	10.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
Drove alone	64.2%	65.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	24.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
1-unit, detached	92.4%	12.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	36.9%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	41.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestline	Fort Irwin
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	40	9
Median year structure built	1966	1993