Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0San Antonio draws about half of Castroville’s working residents
Only 3% stay in Castroville for work; outside it, San Antonio is the main destination (47%, 21 miles). Castroville grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Castroville stands out on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Castroville
65% of Castroville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Castroville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Castroville works in San Antonio
635 working residents, 47%, have their main job in San Antonio, 21 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Castroville itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
39% of the jobs based in Castroville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Castroville’s own working residents. 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.
What’s behind Castroville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Castroville is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #130 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,460, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Castroville could be anywhere from B to A+.
What work there is in Castroville: 950 jobs
950 jobs are based in Castroville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castroville, 2013 → 2023: 769 → 950. 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.
Where Castroville goes to work
Where Castroville clocks in
47% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Castroville
On a workday 1,315 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 913 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Castroville on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 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 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castroville workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,168 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Castroville goes to work
About 25% 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.
Getting around Castroville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Castroville is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #118 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Castroville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,398 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Castroville households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Castroville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Castroville is 638th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 636 | Bermuda Run NC | 3,323 | $69K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 637 | Doylestown OH | 3,085 | $79K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 8% | A− |
| 638 | Castroville TX | 3,444 | $78K | 5.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 639 | Pleasant Township IN | 4,519 | $87K | 2.2% | 2.4% | 10% | A− |
| 640 | Madison Township IN | 2,888 | $86K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Texas.
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?
$78,460 (±$7,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Castroville?
5.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castroville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castroville work?
3% work in town.
Is Castroville walkable?
Castroville is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Castroville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.