Household incomes put Castle Hill near the very top of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Castle Hill A+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 63% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Castle Hill and work: the main findings
A lot of Castle Hill works from home
63% of Castle Hill workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Castle Hill is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Castle Hill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Castle Hill has about 630 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Four in five Castle Hill workers earn over $40,000 a year
81% of Castle Hill’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Castle Hill
On income, poverty and job access, Castle Hill is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Castle Hill’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Castle Hill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Castle Hill’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Castle Hill stays A+.
About 29 minutes each way for Castle Hill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castle Hill workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 63% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Castle Hill
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Castle Hill on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
112 jobs are based in Castle Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castle Hill, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castle Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Castle Hill clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Castle Hill’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Castle Hill, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Castle Hill is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 468 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Castle Hill households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Castle Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Castle Hill ranks: 8th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| 8 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 9 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 10 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Norris Canyon CA | 1,014 | $250K | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Castle Hill, the top three, the last and three more from California.
11% of Castle Hill works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Walnut Creek (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Castle Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill | – | A+ | C+ | 29 min | $250,000+ |
| Alamo | 3% | A+ | A | 29 min | $250,000+ |
| Walnut Creek | 8% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $130,432 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Castle Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Castle Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Castle Hill?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castle Hill?
0.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castle Hill?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 63% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castle Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (21%, 21 mi), Walnut Creek (8%, 2 mi), Oakland (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castle Hill walkable?
Castle Hill is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castle Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castle Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castle Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.