Crestview, FL
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Crestview ranks 104th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 98th for income. A household earns $81,933 a year while median rent runs $1,784/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 3% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (23rd of 300), while rent is the soft spot (265th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 265th and home prices 212th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Crestview, your take-home is worth about $63,190 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 98th of 300↑30.8%$81,933
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 180th of 30097 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $84,440
- Per-capita income
- $47,270
- Full-time pay
- $43,060
Housing
- Median rent
- 265th of 300↑53.8%$1,784/mo
- Home value
- 212th of 300↑62%$391,500
- Property tax
- $2,233/yr · 0.6%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 198th of 3004.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 134th of 30034.9%
- Avg commute
- 234th of 30027.3 min
People
- Population
- 310,149
- Population change
- +8.9%
- Median age
- 39.3 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 10.2%
- Broadband
- 95%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 23rd of 30036
- Natural-hazard loss
- 255th of 300$27/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 91st of 30016.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 12%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Household income
- + Air quality
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — destin ft walton beach ap.
What jobs pay in Crestview
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $322,030
- IT managers
- $161,140
- Financial managers
- $145,810
- Pharmacists
- $136,070
- Software developers
- $130,640
- Lawyers
- $106,880
- Civil engineers
- $101,820
- General & operations managers
- $100,070
- Registered nurses
- $81,260
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,510
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,430
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,330
- Police officers
- $59,130
- Electricians
- $57,200
- Plumbers
- $52,020
- Carpenters
- $48,940
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $47,940
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $45,320
- Construction laborers
- $45,180
- Customer service reps
- $39,240
- Waiters & waitresses
- $37,370
- Janitors
- $35,030
- Retail salespersons
- $33,920
- Cashiers
- $31,000
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Crestview metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Georgia1,496
- Alabama1,307
- Texas1,252
- North Carolina1,088
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Crestview metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Crestview metro?
- Median gross rent across the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area is $1,784 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Crestview.
- What is the median household income in the Crestview metro?
- A typical household in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area earns $81,933 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Crestview expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area runs about 3% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Crestview metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $84,440 (versus its face value of $81,933). CityLedger rates the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Crestview metro?
- The median home value across the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area is $391,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Crestview metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area is 4.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).