† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCrestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FLFloridaUnited States
English13.7%8.2%9.5%
German12.0%8.9%12.5%
Irish11.3%8.2%9.4%
American7.2%7.7%5.3%
Italian4.8%5.6%4.8%
Scottish2.5%1.3%1.3%
French2.2%1.7%1.6%
Polish1.9%2.1%2.2%
Mexican3.6%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%5.6%1.8%
Honduran1.1%0.6%0.3%
Cuban0.5%7.3%0.7%
Dominican0.4%1.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%—0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
African American†6.5%9.5%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%1.5%0.4%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Haitian0.2%2.3%0.3%
Filipino1.0%0.5%0.9%
Asian Indian0.4%0.9%1.4%
Thai0.4%——
Korean0.3%—0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
39.2
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$81,995
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.9%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.4%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.8%
22.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
8.9%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.6%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.8%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.2%
3.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+4.2%
1908
+13.9%
1912
+50.9%
1916
+20.7%
1920
+27.6%
1924
+50.1%
1928
−33.6%
1932
+79.1%
1936
+68.7%
1940
+63.6%
1944
+61.1%
1948
+48.0%
1952
+39.9%
1956
+34.3%
1960
+31.7%
1964
−14.0%
1968
−8.5%
1972
−76.6%
1976
−5.1%
1980
−35.4%
1984
−63.7%
1988
−56.9%
1992
−30.0%
1996
−33.8%
2000
−46.8%
2004
−54.2%
2008
−45.1%
2012
−49.9%
2016
−49.8%
2020
−42.6%
2024
−47.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.0%Harris42,361
73.1%Trump119,279
0.5%Oliver774 +5
R+47.1
R+4.5
R+45.6
163,237
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.1%119,279
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic26.0%42,361
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%774
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%408
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%158
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%139
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%116
OtherAll other candidates0.0%2
R
27.9%Biden44,586
70.4%Trump112,745
1.7%
R+42.6
D+7.2
R+47.0
160,084
R
22.8%Clinton30,656
72.6%Trump97,649
4.6%
R+49.8
D+0.1
R+51.9
134,492
R
24.4%Obama30,092
74.3%Romney91,658
1.3%
R+49.9
R+4.8
R+53.8
123,292
R
27.0%Obama33,046
72.1%McCain88,350
1.0%
R+45.1
D+9.1
R+52.4
122,575
R
22.5%Kerry25,581
76.7%Bush87,248
0.8%
R+54.2
R+7.4
R+51.8
113,732
R
25.4%Gore22,632
72.2%Bush64,372
2.4%
R+46.8
R+13.0
R+47.3
89,142
R
27.8%Clinton21,804
61.6%Dole48,392
10.6%
R+33.8
R+3.8
R+42.4
78,562
R
21.1%Clinton15,926
51.2%Bush38,544
27.7%
R+30.0
D+26.9
R+35.6
75,323
R
21.2%Dukakis12,988
78.1%Bush47,879
0.7%
R+56.9
D+6.7
R+49.2
61,270
R
18.2%Mondale9,807
81.8%Reagan44,170
0.0%
R+63.7
R+28.3
R+45.4
53,986
R
30.6%Carter15,205
66.0%Reagan32,766
3.4%
R+35.4
R+30.3
R+25.6
49,659
R
46.7%Carter19,406
51.8%Ford21,525
1.5%
R+5.1
D+71.5
R+7.2
41,574
R
11.4%McGovern3,831
88.1%Nixon29,520
0.5%
R+76.6
R+68.2
R+53.5
33,525
O
14.7%Humphrey4,123
23.2%Nixon6,488
62.1%
Wallace +38.9
D+5.6
R+7.8
27,983
R
43.0%Johnson10,339
57.0%Goldwater13,714
0.0%
R+14.0
R+45.8
R+36.6
24,053
D
65.9%Kennedy11,905
34.1%Nixon6,169
0.0%
D+31.7
R+2.5
D+31.6
18,074
D
67.1%Stevenson8,973
32.9%Eisenhower4,394
0.0%
D+34.3
R+5.6
D+49.7
13,367
D
69.9%Stevenson8,968
30.1%Eisenhower3,857
0.0%
D+39.9
R+8.1
D+50.6
12,825
D
62.6%Truman4,885
14.6%Dewey1,138
22.8%
D+48.0
R+13.1
D+43.5
7,806
D
80.6%Roosevelt5,446
19.4%Dewey1,315
0.0%
D+61.1
R+2.5
D+53.6
6,761
D
81.8%Roosevelt6,220
18.2%Willkie1,384
0.0%
D+63.6
R+5.1
D+53.7
7,604
D
84.3%Roosevelt5,211
15.7%Landon967
0.0%
D+68.7
R+10.5
D+44.4
6,178
D
89.6%Roosevelt4,614
10.4%Hoover537
0.0%
D+79.1
D+112.8
D+61.4
5,151
R
32.7%Smith1,411
66.4%Hoover2,860
0.9%
R+33.6
R+83.7
R+16.2
4,309
D
69.0%Davis1,467
19.0%Coolidge403
12.0%
D+50.1
D+22.4
D+75.2
2,125
D
61.7%Cox1,865
34.1%Harding1,030
4.2%
D+27.6
D+6.9
D+53.8
3,022
D
55.8%Wilson1,356
35.1%Hughes852
9.1%
D+20.7
R+30.2
D+17.6
2,429
D
58.0%Wilson612
7.0%Taft74
35.0%
D+50.9
D+37.1
D+31.4
1,056
D
51.9%Bryan504
38.0%Taft369
10.2%
D+13.9
D+9.7
D+23.4
972
D
46.9%Parker354
42.6%Roosevelt322
10.5%
D+4.2
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D+23.9
755
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
23.7%38,468
74.1%120,020
161,988
2022
R
21.8%25,177
77.0%89,011
115,654
2018
R
26.6%30,387
73.4%83,700
114,110
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+43.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+47.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.2 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
176,906
33,968
103,579
38,100
1,259
2018
187,699
35,648
109,572
40,452
2,027
2019
190,324
36,191
111,044
40,471
2,618
2020
211,660
40,353
122,176
45,152
3,979
2021
200,425
36,450
115,907
43,852
4,216
2023
198,854
32,424
117,546
43,639
5,245
2024
215,774
34,156
128,898
45,910
6,810
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,167 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +51,577 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,414
2012
+5,838
2013
+3,229
2014
+2,052
2015
+3,030
2016
+2,956
2017
+4,611
2018
+5,205
2019
+6,213
2021
+5,206
2022
+4,749
2023
+2,972
2024
+935
2025
+3,167
Home to Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field, this northwest Florida metro carries one of the state's highest concentrations of active-duty and veteran households, a demographic profile that has consistently produced double-digit Republican presidential margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 76.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.1 points.
A population of 299,547, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,995 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson, GA and Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.
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How did Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida voted Republican by 47.1 points (R+47.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 163,237 votes cast, 42,361 went Democratic and 119,279 went Republican.
When did Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida?
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida has a population of 299,547 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida is $81,995 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
