Castro Valley is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 66,441 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Castro Valley is the 137th largest community in California. Castro Valley home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Castro Valley real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Castro Valley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Castro Valley is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Castro Valley who work in management occupations (12.52%), office and administrative support (9.38%), and business and financial occupations (8.22%). Also of interest is that Castro Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.40% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Castro Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Castro Valley, the average commute to work is 33.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. For the size of the town, public transportation in Castro Valley is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Castro Valley, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of Castro Valley ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Castro Valley, 43.89% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Castro Valley in 2022 was $58,843, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $235,372 for a family of four. However, Castro Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Castro Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Castro Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Castro Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Castro Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.64% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Castro Valley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Portuguese. Castro Valley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.79%. The most common language spoken in Castro Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
