Crest vs Del Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Crest and Del Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Del Mar has the higher population (3,921 vs 3,034 in Crest). Del Mar has the higher median household income ($192,845 vs $100,052 in Crest). Del Mar has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $715,100 in Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Crest	Del Mar
Population	3,034	3,921
Median age	43.6 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,052	$192,845
Median home value	$715,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,377
Housing units	1,090	2,586
Homeownership rate	89.7%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest	Del Mar
Population	2,765 → 3,034 (+9.7%)	4,331 → 3,921 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$93,386 → $100,052 (+7.1%)	$129,063 → $192,845 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$461,400 → $715,100 (+55.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,569 → $2,533 (+61.4%)	$2,320 → $3,377 (+45.6%)

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

Del Mar

Population

4,3313,921

Median household income

$129,063$192,845

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,320$3,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest	Del Mar
Under 5	3.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	18.0%
75 and over	11.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest	Del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest	Del Mar
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	47.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest	Del Mar
Drove alone	80.5%	54.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.7%	40.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest	Del Mar
1-unit, detached	95.0%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crest	Del Mar
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1976	1970