ZIP 94545 vs ZIP 94580

This side-by-side compares ZIP 94545 (Hayward, CA) and ZIP 94580 (San Lorenzo, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 94545 has a population of 29,707 at 532 people per square mile, while ZIP 94580 has 27,152 at 3,043 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 94545 reports a median household income of $114,356 against $110,729 in ZIP 94580, with per-capita income of $46,470 vs $42,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.9% in 94545 and 26.1% in 94580. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 5.3% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $879,400 in 94545 versus $846,700 in 94580, with median rent of $2,442 and $2,274 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.1% vs 71.9%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.