El Castillo vs Santa Cruz

A side-by-side comparison of El Castillo and Santa Cruz: population, income, housing, and more.

El Castillo and Santa Cruz are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Cruz has the higher population (315 vs 307 in El Castillo).

Population, income & housing

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
Population	307	315
Median age	18.8 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,750
Housing units	104	59
Homeownership rate	28.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
Population	69 → 307 (+344.9%)	0 → 315 (+0.0%)
Median household income	—	$68,854 → $71,750 (+4.2%)

El Castillo

Population

69307

Santa Cruz

Population

0315

Median household income

$68,854$71,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
Under 5	15.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	26.4%	5.1%
18 to 24	34.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	34.0%
75 and over	0.0%	34.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
White (non-Hispanic)	24.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	75.9%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
No high school diploma	58.3%	48.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
Drove alone	100.0%	51.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	48.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Castillo	Santa Cruz
Poverty rate	39.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.95	7.88
Median year structure built	—	1972