Crestview vs Fort Walton Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Crestview and Fort Walton Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Crestview and Fort Walton Beach 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 20,956 in Fort Walton Beach). Crestview has the higher median household income ($69,279 vs $66,556 in Fort Walton Beach). Fort Walton Beach has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $266,500 in Crestview).

Population, income & housing

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
Population	28,046	20,956
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,279	$66,556
Median home value	$266,500	$296,000
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,268
Housing units	11,103	9,888
Homeownership rate	62.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
Population	24,117 → 28,046 (+16.3%)	22,084 → 20,956 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$54,972 → $69,279 (+26.0%)	$54,330 → $66,556 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$164,300 → $266,500 (+62.2%)	$185,900 → $296,000 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,312 (+28.3%)	$988 → $1,268 (+28.3%)

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

Fort Walton Beach

Population

22,08420,956

Median household income

$54,330$66,556

Median home value

$185,900$296,000

Median gross rent

$988$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
Under 5	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.6%
75 and over	3.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	64.8%
Black or African American	21.1%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
Drove alone	76.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.9%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
1-unit, detached	74.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Crestview	Fort Walton Beach
Poverty rate	9.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	2001	1972