Crestline is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 11,650 people and four associated neighborhoods, Crestline is the 399th largest community in California.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Crestline is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crestline is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crestline who work in sales jobs (10.90%), teaching (7.72%), and management occupations (7.47%). Of important note, Crestline is also a town of artists. Crestline has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Crestline’s character. Also of interest is that Crestline has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Crestline is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Crestline’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Crestline has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Crestline has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crestline than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crestline may be for you. One downside of living in Crestline is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Crestline, the average commute to work is 35.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Crestline is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Crestline who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.94% of adults in Crestline have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Crestline in 2022 was $38,069, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,276 for a family of four. However, Crestline contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crestline is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Crestline home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crestline residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crestline also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crestline include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Crestline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
