Borrego Springs vs Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Borrego Springs and Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

Borrego Springs and Crest are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crest has the higher population (3,034 vs 2,781 in Borrego Springs). Crest has the higher median household income ($100,052 vs $83,836 in Borrego Springs). Crest has the higher median home value ($715,100 vs $396,400 in Borrego Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Borrego Springs	Crest
Population	2,781	3,034
Median age	60.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,836	$100,052
Median home value	$396,400	$715,100
Median gross rent	$981	—
Housing units	2,614	1,090
Homeownership rate	77.4%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borrego Springs	Crest
Population	2,145 → 2,781 (+29.7%)	2,765 → 3,034 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$49,570 → $83,836 (+69.1%)	$93,386 → $100,052 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$186,400 → $396,400 (+112.7%)	$461,400 → $715,100 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $981 (+33.8%)	$1,569 → $2,533 (+61.4%)

Borrego Springs

Population

2,1452,781

Median household income

$49,570$83,836

Median home value

$186,400$396,400

Median gross rent

$733$981

Crest

Population

2,7653,034

Median household income

$93,386$100,052

Median home value

$461,400$715,100

Median gross rent

$1,569$2,533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borrego Springs	Crest
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	5.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	19.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.5%
75 and over	21.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borrego Springs	Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	67.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borrego Springs	Crest
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borrego Springs	Crest
Drove alone	69.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borrego Springs	Crest
1-unit, detached	72.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Borrego Springs	Crest
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1985	1976