Castroville is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,141 people and just one neighborhood, Castroville is the 524th largest community in Texas.
Castroville real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Castroville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities, Castroville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Castroville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Castroville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Castroville who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), management occupations (10.95%), and teaching (10.28%).
Also of interest is that Castroville 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: 10.41% 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.
One downside of living in Castroville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.78 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Castroville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.39% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Castroville in 2022 was $33,706, 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 $134,824 for a family of four. However, Castroville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Castroville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Castroville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Castroville, accounting for 48.76% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Castroville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Castroville include German, Irish, English, Alsatian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Castroville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.0% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Castroville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 41.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.6%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.6%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Castroville, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (36.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.7%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (78.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.