Castella vs Montgomery Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Castella and Montgomery Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Castella and Montgomery Creek are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castella has the higher population (287 vs 227 in Montgomery Creek). Castella has the higher median household income ($65,556 vs $36,563 in Montgomery Creek). Since 2019, Montgomery Creek's population has grown faster (+56.6% vs +24.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
Population	287	227
Median age	50.7 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,556	$36,563
Median home value	$354,300	—
Median gross rent	$810	—
Housing units	249	128
Homeownership rate	87.1%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
Population	230 → 287 (+24.8%)	145 → 227 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$39,464 → $65,556 (+66.1%)	$32,833 → $36,563 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$253,600 → $354,300 (+39.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$770 → $810 (+5.2%)	—

Castella

Population

230287

Median household income

$39,464$65,556

Median home value

$253,600$354,300

Median gross rent

$770$810

Montgomery Creek

Population

145227

Median household income

$32,833$36,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	4.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	18.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	0.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	28.2%
65 to 74	22.0%	24.7%
75 and over	12.5%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	61.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
No high school diploma	3.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
Drove alone	85.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
1-unit, detached	81.1%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Castella	Montgomery Creek
Poverty rate	13.9%	15.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1966	1978