About Castroville

Castroville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,684 people and just one neighborhood, Castroville is the 284th largest community in Texas.

Castroville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Castroville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Castroville who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.75%), sales jobs (11.34%), and management occupations (9.71%).

One downside of living in Castroville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Castroville, the average commute to work is 31.47 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Castroville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Castroville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Castroville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.12% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Castroville in 2000 was $17,559, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,236 for a family of four.

Castroville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Castroville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Castroville is White, followed by Asian. Castroville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.71% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Castroville include German, Irish, English, Alsatian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Castroville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.