Crestview vs Niceville

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

Crestview and Niceville 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 16,043 in Niceville). Niceville has the higher median household income ($96,611 vs $69,279 in Crestview). Niceville has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $266,500 in Crestview).

Population, income & housing

	Crestview	Niceville
Population	28,046	16,043
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,279	$96,611
Median home value	$266,500	$381,700
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,579
Housing units	11,103	6,476
Homeownership rate	62.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestview	Niceville
Population	24,117 → 28,046 (+16.3%)	15,386 → 16,043 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$54,972 → $69,279 (+26.0%)	$76,823 → $96,611 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$164,300 → $266,500 (+62.2%)	$238,800 → $381,700 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,312 (+28.3%)	$1,117 → $1,579 (+41.4%)

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

Niceville

Population

15,38616,043

Median household income

$76,823$96,611

Median home value

$238,800$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestview	Niceville
Under 5	7.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	19.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.8%
75 and over	3.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestview	Niceville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	21.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestview	Niceville
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestview	Niceville
Drove alone	76.8%	76.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestview	Niceville
1-unit, detached	74.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Crestview	Niceville
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	2001	1987