Carmel Valley Village vs Castroville

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

Carmel Valley Village 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 4,435 in Carmel Valley Village). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median household income ($164,167 vs $90,486 in Castroville). Carmel Valley Village has the higher median home value ($1,155,800 vs $648,700 in Castroville).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
Population	4,435	6,870
Median age	57.1 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$164,167	$90,486
Median home value	$1,155,800	$648,700
Median gross rent	$2,223	$1,593
Housing units	2,236	1,703
Homeownership rate	78.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
Population	4,152 → 4,435 (+6.8%)	6,521 → 6,870 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$89,286 → $164,167 (+83.9%)	$57,656 → $90,486 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$914,400 → $1,155,800 (+26.4%)	$471,400 → $648,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,862 → $2,223 (+19.4%)	$1,230 → $1,593 (+29.5%)

Carmel Valley Village

Population

4,1524,435

Median household income

$89,286$164,167

Median home value

$914,400$1,155,800

Median gross rent

$1,862$2,223

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 Valley Village	Castroville
Under 5	3.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	28.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	27.3%	9.2%
75 and over	8.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	89.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
No high school diploma	2.8%	51.3%
High school graduate	9.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
Drove alone	59.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.1%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	22.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Carmel Valley Village	Castroville
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.27	4.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1967	1975