Housing in Crestline at a glance
- Population
- about 7,363
- Housing units
- about 4,028
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $340,000Birmingham: $158,800 (+114%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,090 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (-2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 48.7%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 72.8%
- Median year built
- 1967
Crestline's owners estimate a median home at $340,000. Only Red Mountain, at $440,000, ranks higher among Birmingham's sectors, and the Birmingham median of $158,800 looks small next to both. Roebuck-South East Lake, a neighbour, lands almost exactly on that benchmark, at $159,000. Rent behaves differently: renters pay $1,090, a hair below Birmingham's $1,107, while Red Mountain asks $1,230 and Northside just $880. Tenure is nearly balanced, with 1,640 owner households and 1,726 renting ones, so owners hold 48.7%. Housing is on the older side in this sector east of the centre: 72.8% of it is from before 1980, with 1967 as the middle build year. Northside is older still, at 1952, and Red Mountain slightly newer, at 1962. The estimate rests on 2 census tracts and counts 7,363 residents, a small base next to the larger sectors around it. Its stock totals 4,028 homes, and Roebuck-South East Lake's owner share is higher, at 54.8%.
Questions about Crestline
What is the median home value in Crestline, Birmingham?
$340,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $158,800 for Birmingham as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Crestline?
$1,090 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,107 in Birmingham (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Crestline own or rent?
Most rent: 48.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 45.5% in Birmingham (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 2 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Crestline is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 7,363 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Birmingham GIS, Communities (Birmingham_VertiGIS_Primary_Layers, layer 26), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Birmingham as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Crestline
The closest sectors of Birmingham, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Crestline. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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