Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Castroville

A side-by-side comparison of Carmel-by-the-Sea and Castroville: population, income, housing, and more.

Carmel-by-the-Sea and Castroville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castroville has the higher population (6,870 vs 3,186 in Carmel-by-the-Sea). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median household income ($115,729 vs $90,486 in Castroville). Carmel-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $648,700 in Castroville).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
Population	3,186	6,870
Median age	68.9 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,729	$90,486
Median home value	$2,000,001	$648,700
Median gross rent	$2,933	$1,593
Housing units	3,250	1,703
Homeownership rate	57.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
Population	3,830 → 3,186 (-16.8%)	6,521 → 6,870 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$98,188 → $115,729 (+17.9%)	$57,656 → $90,486 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$1,550,600 → $2,000,001 (+29.0%)	$471,400 → $648,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,209 → $2,933 (+32.8%)	$1,230 → $1,593 (+29.5%)

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Population

3,8303,186

Median household income

$98,188$115,729

Median home value

$1,550,600$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,209$2,933

Castroville

Population

6,5216,870

Median household income

$57,656$90,486

Median home value

$471,400$648,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	4.4%	28.4%
18 to 24	0.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	31.3%	9.2%
75 and over	27.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	89.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
No high school diploma	4.2%	51.3%
High school graduate	5.1%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	48.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
Drove alone	45.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	7.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
1-unit, detached	89.0%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	22.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carmel-by-the-Sea	Castroville
Poverty rate	4.9%	14.6%
Average household size	1.86	4.47
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1946	1975