Castro Valley is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 57,410 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Castro Valley is the 129th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns, Castro Valley isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Castro Valley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Castro Valley is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Castro Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.37%), management occupations (12.35%), and sales jobs (11.97%).

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.

In Castro Valley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Castro Valley Information and Demographics

The education level of Castro Valley citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 30.59% of adults in Castro Valley have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Castro Valley in 2000 was $30,454, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,816 for a family of four. However, Castro Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Castro Valley is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Castro Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Castro Valley is 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 12.08% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Castro Valley include German, Italian, English, Irish, and Portuguese.

Castro Valley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.46%.

The most common language spoken in Castro Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.