Castro Valley vs Pleasanton

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

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

Pleasanton has the higher population (77,500 vs 65,389 in Castro Valley). Pleasanton has the higher median household income ($186,206 vs $138,069 in Castro Valley). Pleasanton has the higher median home value ($1,432,300 vs $1,058,200 in Castro Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
Population	65,389	77,500
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$138,069	$186,206
Median home value	$1,058,200	$1,432,300
Median gross rent	$2,499	$3,017
Housing units	22,909	28,663
Homeownership rate	71.5%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
Population	63,013 → 65,389 (+3.8%)	81,717 → 77,500 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$108,488 → $138,069 (+27.3%)	$156,400 → $186,206 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$741,500 → $1,058,200 (+42.7%)	$986,800 → $1,432,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,791 → $2,499 (+39.5%)	$2,396 → $3,017 (+25.9%)

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

Pleasanton

Population

81,71777,500

Median household income

$156,400$186,206

Median home value

$986,800$1,432,300

Median gross rent

$2,396$3,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
Under 5	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	38.8%
Black or African American	8.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	33.9%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	16.9%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
Drove alone	65.7%	55.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.1%
Public transit	5.9%	7.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.1%
Worked from home	18.4%	26.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
1-unit, detached	73.1%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	7.5%
20 or more units	7.5%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Castro Valley	Pleasanton
Poverty rate	7.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1966	1984