Castle Hills vs Cross Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Castle Hills and Cross Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Castle Hills and Cross Mountain are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cross Mountain has the higher population (4,510 vs 3,961 in Castle Hills). Cross Mountain has the higher median household income ($198,623 vs $95,583 in Castle Hills). Cross Mountain has the higher median home value ($486,100 vs $429,000 in Castle Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
Population	3,961	4,510
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,583	$198,623
Median home value	$429,000	$486,100
Median gross rent	$1,418	—
Housing units	1,788	1,522
Homeownership rate	79.8%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
Population	4,447 → 3,961 (-10.9%)	3,453 → 4,510 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$96,848 → $95,583 (-1.3%)	$127,774 → $198,623 (+55.4%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $429,000 (+43.9%)	$363,500 → $486,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,418 (+50.7%)	—

Castle Hills

Population

4,4473,961

Median household income

$96,848$95,583

Median home value

$298,200$429,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,418

Cross Mountain

Population

3,4534,510

Median household income

$127,774$198,623

Median home value

$363,500$486,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	15.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.0%
75 and over	9.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	46.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.1%	35.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
Drove alone	78.1%	61.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	19.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	17.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
1-unit, detached	80.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Castle Hills	Cross Mountain
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.5%
Average household size	2.69	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1965	2003