Photo: Dana Payne · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Castroville are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. 18.4% of residents live below the poverty line; California has 12.0%. Castroville grades B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Castroville apart on work
Jobs in Castroville have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Castroville went from 660 in 2013 to 1,795 in 2023, +172%. The jobs ↓
Castroville makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Castroville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Castroville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Castroville and Salinas trade workers both ways
Salinas is the top workplace for Castroville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Castroville come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Castroville
60% of Castroville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Castroville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Castroville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Castroville is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #497 of 847 in California. Household income holds Castroville’s grade up ($89,354, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Castroville could be anywhere from C to A−.
60% of the jobs in Castroville make or build things
1,795 jobs are based in Castroville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castroville, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 1,795. 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 Castroville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of working residents work in Salinas
Where Castroville clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 many people are in Castroville by day
On a workday 2,400 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 1,578 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Castroville on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
The daily trip from Castroville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castroville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,332 commuters (the 8% 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 distance from Castroville to work
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Castroville, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Castroville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #478 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of 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 2,522 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.3% of Castroville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Castroville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,253 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100, Castroville comes 1,814th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,812 | St. Joseph MN | 6,846 | $75K | 19.1% | 2.8% | 10% | B− |
| 1,813 | Washington Township OH | 5,113 | $64K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 6% | B− |
| 1,814 | Castroville CA | 6,720 | $89K | 18.4% | 4.2% | 8% | B− |
| 1,815 | Garnet CA | 7,382 | $73K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,816 | Suncrest WA | 5,345 | $101K | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Castroville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Castroville: questions
What is the median household income in Castroville?
$89,354 (±$10,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castroville?
18.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castroville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castroville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salinas (16%, 8 mi), San Jose (7%, 37 mi), Monterey (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Castroville walkable?
Castroville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 14.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castroville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castroville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castroville
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.