Castro Valley vs Dublin

A side-by-side comparison of Castro Valley and Dublin: population, income, housing, and more.

Castro Valley and Dublin are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dublin has the higher population (70,542 vs 65,389 in Castro Valley). Dublin has the higher median household income ($205,046 vs $138,069 in Castro Valley). Dublin has the higher median home value ($1,224,100 vs $1,058,200 in Castro Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Castro Valley	Dublin
Population	65,389	70,542
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,069	$205,046
Median home value	$1,058,200	$1,224,100
Median gross rent	$2,499	$3,174
Housing units	22,909	24,737
Homeownership rate	71.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castro Valley	Dublin
Population	63,013 → 65,389 (+3.8%)	61,240 → 70,542 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$108,488 → $138,069 (+27.3%)	$150,299 → $205,046 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$741,500 → $1,058,200 (+42.7%)	$882,200 → $1,224,100 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,791 → $2,499 (+39.5%)	$2,681 → $3,174 (+18.4%)

Castro Valley

Population

63,01365,389

Median household income

$108,488$138,069

Median home value

$741,500$1,058,200

Median gross rent

$1,791$2,499

Dublin

Population

61,24070,542

Median household income

$150,299$205,046

Median home value

$882,200$1,224,100

Median gross rent

$2,681$3,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castro Valley	Dublin
Under 5	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	21.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.5%
75 and over	6.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castro Valley	Dublin
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	25.1%
Black or African American	8.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	33.9%	53.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castro Valley	Dublin
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castro Valley	Dublin
Drove alone	65.7%	51.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.6%
Public transit	5.9%	7.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.4%	31.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castro Valley	Dublin
1-unit, detached	73.1%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castro Valley	Dublin
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1966	2003