Castroville vs Del Monte Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Castroville and Del Monte Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Castroville and Del Monte Forest 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 3,576 in Del Monte Forest). Del Monte Forest has the higher median household income ($154,730 vs $90,486 in Castroville). Del Monte Forest has the higher median home value ($1,796,900 vs $648,700 in Castroville).

Population, income & housing

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
Population	6,870	3,576
Median age	29.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,486	$154,730
Median home value	$648,700	$1,796,900
Median gross rent	$1,593	$3,501
Housing units	1,703	2,905
Homeownership rate	42.9%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
Population	6,521 → 6,870 (+5.4%)	4,105 → 3,576 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$57,656 → $90,486 (+56.9%)	$147,500 → $154,730 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$471,400 → $648,700 (+37.6%)	$1,356,500 → $1,796,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,230 → $1,593 (+29.5%)	$2,914 → $3,501 (+20.1%)

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

Del Monte Forest

Population

4,1053,576

Median household income

$147,500$154,730

Median home value

$1,356,500$1,796,900

Median gross rent

$2,914$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
Under 5	8.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	28.4%	7.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	21.4%
75 and over	3.0%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	89.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
No high school diploma	51.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	40.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
Drove alone	81.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.2%	2.7%
Walked	0.2%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	28.5%
Other means	8.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
1-unit, detached	52.3%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Castroville	Del Monte Forest
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.5%
Average household size	4.47	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1975	1970