Crestview vs Destin

A side-by-side comparison of Crestview and Destin: population, income, housing, and more.

Crestview and Destin are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crestview has the higher population (28,046 vs 14,018 in Destin). Destin has the higher median household income ($89,141 vs $69,279 in Crestview). Destin has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $266,500 in Crestview).

Population, income & housing

	Crestview	Destin
Population	28,046	14,018
Median age	32.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,279	$89,141
Median home value	$266,500	$455,100
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,913
Housing units	11,103	13,656
Homeownership rate	62.0%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestview	Destin
Population	24,117 → 28,046 (+16.3%)	13,702 → 14,018 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$54,972 → $69,279 (+26.0%)	$79,000 → $89,141 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$164,300 → $266,500 (+62.2%)	$332,000 → $455,100 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,312 (+28.3%)	$1,440 → $1,913 (+32.8%)

Crestview

Population

24,11728,046

Median household income

$54,972$69,279

Median home value

$164,300$266,500

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,312

Destin

Population

13,70214,018

Median household income

$79,000$89,141

Median home value

$332,000$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestview	Destin
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	19.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.0%
75 and over	3.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestview	Destin
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	21.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestview	Destin
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestview	Destin
Drove alone	76.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestview	Destin
1-unit, detached	74.2%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	41.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Crestview	Destin
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2001	1992