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Crest is an unincorporated
community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...
in the East County region of
San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...
. The Crest
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) had a population of 2,828 at the 2020 census, a rise from 2,593 at the 2010 census.


History

Crest was twice devastated by wildfires: first by the Laguna Fire in 1970 then again by the Cedar Fire in 2003.


Geography

Crest is located on a hill east of El Cajon. The CDP has a total area of , all land.


Demographics

Crest first appeared as a
census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2000 U.S. Census.


2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Crest had a population of 2,828. The population density was . The racial makeup of Crest was 75.7%
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, 0.8%
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
, 1.2% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 0.2%
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, 6.1% from other races, and 13.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.6% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 995 households, out of which 33.1% included children under the age of 18, 61.9% were married-couple households, 5.8% were
cohabiting Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...
couple households, 16.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 16.5% of households were one person, and 6.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.84. There were 766
families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(77.0% of all households). The age distribution was 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% aged 18 to 24, 25.8% aged 25 to 44, 27.4% aged 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 41.9years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. There were 1,032 housing units at an average density of , of which 995 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 85.0% were owner-occupied, and 15.0% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $100,052, and the
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
was $40,546. About 3.4% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line.


2010

At the 2010 census, Crest had a population of 2,593. The population density was . The racial makeup of Crest was 2,329 (89.8%) White, 23 (0.9%) African American, 21 (0.8%) Native American, 38 (1.5%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 90 (3.5%) from other races, and 85 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 319 people (12.3%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 962 households, 291 (30.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 576 (59.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 93 (9.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 51 (5.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 39 (4.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 7 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 179 households (18.6%) were one person and 61 (6.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.70. There were 720 families (74.8% of households); the average family size was 3.04. The age distribution was 496 people (19.1%) under the age of 18, 257 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 551 people (21.2%) aged 25 to 44, 964 people (37.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 325 people (12.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 44.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.6 males. There were 997 housing units at an average density of 152.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 808 (84.0%) were owner-occupied and 154 (16.0%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.9%. 2,181 people (84.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 412 people (15.9%) lived in rental housing units. Crest has 3 churches (two Protestant and one Catholic), a library, an elementary school, a taco shop, and two convenience stores.


Government

In the
California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California, consisting of the California State Assembly (lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate (upper house with 40 members). ...
, Crest is in the 39th Senate District, represented by Democrat Akilah Weber; and in the 75st Assembly District, represented by Republican Carl DeMaio. In the
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, Crest is in .


References

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