Crestview vs Melbourne

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

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

Melbourne has the higher population (539 vs 425 in Crestview). Crestview has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $66,458 in Melbourne). Crestview has the higher median home value ($169,400 vs $160,400 in Melbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Crestview	Melbourne
Population	425	539
Median age	36.8 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$66,458
Median home value	$169,400	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,192	$638
Housing units	177	171
Homeownership rate	86.9%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestview	Melbourne
Population	426 → 425 (-0.2%)	511 → 539 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $89,583 (+21.5%)	$75,938 → $66,458 (-12.5%)
Median home value	$132,100 → $169,400 (+28.2%)	$128,700 → $160,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,192 (-8.3%)	$475 → $638 (+34.3%)

Crestview

Population

426425

Median household income

$73,750$89,583

Median home value

$132,100$169,400

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,192

Melbourne

Population

511539

Median household income

$75,938$66,458

Median home value

$128,700$160,400

Median gross rent

$475$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestview	Melbourne
Under 5	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	22.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	17.8%
75 and over	5.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestview	Melbourne
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestview	Melbourne
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestview	Melbourne
Drove alone	79.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	12.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestview	Melbourne
1-unit, detached	95.5%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Crestview	Melbourne
Poverty rate	5.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1950	1966