Crest vs Rancho Santa Fe

A side-by-side comparison of Crest and Rancho Santa Fe: population, income, housing, and more.

Crest and Rancho Santa Fe 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 2,574 in Rancho Santa Fe). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($236,429 vs $100,052 in Crest). Rancho Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $715,100 in Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	3,034	2,574
Median age	43.6 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,052	$236,429
Median home value	$715,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	1,090	1,253
Homeownership rate	89.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,765 → 3,034 (+9.7%)	2,510 → 2,574 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$93,386 → $100,052 (+7.1%)	$137,083 → $236,429 (+72.5%)
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%)	$3,025 → $3,501 (+15.7%)

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

Rancho Santa Fe

Population

2,5102,574

Median household income

$137,083$236,429

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,025$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	21.3%
75 and over	11.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
Drove alone	80.5%	59.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	29.0%
Other means	1.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	95.0%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crest	Rancho Santa Fe
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1976	1975