Hayward, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hayward, CA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 177,085. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HAYWARD-CA · Hayward, CA 4 ZIPs · 177,085 pop · #2584/25278 · Alameda County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $115,401
- RANK-TOP #2584/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Emeryville
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 62% owners
- POP-MID 177,085
- SPREAD-MOD 94541→94542
- HOME-TOP $916,650
Nearest income peer: Emeryville, CA (+ $4,838 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hayward
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hayward on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- San Leandro · lowest
San Leandro · lowest
$100,632 median HH income
- Oakland · near
Oakland · near
$109,644 median HH income
- Hayward · this city
Hayward · this city
$115,401 median HH income
- Emeryville · near
Emeryville · near
$120,239 median HH income
- Berkeley · near
Berkeley · near
$133,342 median HH income
- Dublin · highest
Dublin · highest
$214,385 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hayward, CA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 10%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 177,085
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $115,401
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $115,401 and home value $916,650 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.4%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.6%) for this income tier, rent $2,433 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Fountain Valley is the closest lower-income city and Petaluma the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hayward.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Hayward differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Hayward: $105,729 in ZIP 94541 to $133,734 in 94542. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 2.2 points
94541 to 94542
94541 to 94542
94542 to 94544
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Hayward residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Hayward: the largest, 94544, is only about 41% of 177,085 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Hayward
Citywide ZBP: 4,277 establishments, 67,012 employees , annual payroll $4,645,757k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 94545 (1,703 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (496) · also Wholesale trade · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Hayward, CA
These ZIP codes sit in Alameda County, which covers 49 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Hayward. See the Alameda County roll-up →
Hayward sits in the lower half of Alameda County on income: Fremont, Berkeley and Livermore report more, Oakland and San Leandro report less. Dublin marks the far end of that range at $214,385, 86% above Hayward.
Side-by-side: Compare 94544 vs 94541 →
Hayward roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hayward, .