Castroville vs LaCoste

A side-by-side comparison of Castroville and LaCoste: population, income, housing, and more.

Castroville and LaCoste are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castroville has the higher population (3,027 vs 1,497 in LaCoste). Castroville has the higher median household income ($76,524 vs $73,289 in LaCoste). Castroville has the higher median home value ($266,000 vs $74,600 in LaCoste).

Population, income & housing

	Castroville	LaCoste
Population	3,027	1,497
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,524	$73,289
Median home value	$266,000	$74,600
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,068
Housing units	1,200	589
Homeownership rate	68.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castroville	LaCoste
Population	3,009 → 3,027 (+0.6%)	1,297 → 1,497 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$59,600 → $76,524 (+28.4%)	$58,203 → $73,289 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $266,000 (+40.4%)	$87,400 → $74,600 (-14.6%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,184 (+21.1%)	$652 → $1,068 (+63.8%)

Castroville

Population

3,0093,027

Median household income

$59,600$76,524

Median home value

$189,400$266,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,184

LaCoste

Population

1,2971,497

Median household income

$58,203$73,289

Median home value

$87,400$74,600

Median gross rent

$652$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castroville	LaCoste
Under 5	8.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	19.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.8%
75 and over	11.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castroville	LaCoste
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	26.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.8%	73.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castroville	LaCoste
No high school diploma	10.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castroville	LaCoste
Drove alone	73.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castroville	LaCoste
1-unit, detached	79.1%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Castroville	LaCoste
Poverty rate	9.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1983	1991