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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Castro Valley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Castro Valley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. 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 citizens of Castro Valley are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.89% of adults in Castro Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's 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.
