Castro County vs McCulloch County

A side-by-side comparison of Castro County and McCulloch County: population, income, housing, and more.

Castro County and McCulloch County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McCulloch County has the higher population (7,565 vs 7,328 in Castro County). Castro County has the higher median household income ($63,485 vs $51,919 in McCulloch County). McCulloch County has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $94,900 in Castro County).

Population, income & housing

	Castro County	McCulloch County
Population	7,328	7,565
Median age	34.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,485	$51,919
Median home value	$94,900	$104,400
Median gross rent	$910	$838
Housing units	3,026	4,216
Homeownership rate	69.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castro County	McCulloch County
Population	7,673 → 7,328 (-4.5%)	8,057 → 7,565 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$50,142 → $63,485 (+26.6%)	$47,707 → $51,919 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $94,900 (+15.9%)	$93,700 → $104,400 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $910 (+45.1%)	$727 → $838 (+15.3%)

Castro County

Population

7,6737,328

Median household income

$50,142$63,485

Median home value

$81,900$94,900

Median gross rent

$627$910

McCulloch County

Population

8,0577,565

Median household income

$47,707$51,919

Median home value

$93,700$104,400

Median gross rent

$727$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castro County	McCulloch County
Under 5	7.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.8%
75 and over	6.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castro County	McCulloch County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	65.3%	30.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castro County	McCulloch County
No high school diploma	23.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castro County	McCulloch County
Drove alone	75.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	18.6%	12.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castro County	McCulloch County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Castro County	McCulloch County
Poverty rate	14.0%	14.6%
Average household size	2.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1966	1967