Hayward, California demographics

Hayward, CA demographics: median age 38.6; 34.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Hayward city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0633000. The survey estimates a population of 158,801 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Hayward is 38.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 49,631 households (±1,022). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	38.6 ±0.5	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 158,801
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	31,091 ±1,362	19.6% ±0.9 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	39,482 ±1,618	24.9% ±1.0 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	65,332 ±2,038	41.1% ±1.3 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	22,896 ±1,143	14.4% ±0.7 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 158,801
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	79,540 ±1,249	50.1% ±0.8 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	79,261 ±1,236	49.9% ±0.8 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 158,801
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	26,023 ±2,008	16.4% ±1.3 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	12,619 ±1,408	7.9% ±0.9 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,932 ±621	1.2% ±0.4 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	48,380 ±2,555	30.5% ±1.6 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	4,575 ±822	2.9% ±0.5 pp	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	41,382 ±2,503	26.1% ±1.6 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	23,890 ±2,444	15.0% ±1.5 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 158,801
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	93,275 ±2,215	58.7% ±1.4 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	65,526 ±2,231	41.3% ±1.4 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 49,631
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	25,680 ±810	51.7% ±1.2 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,631 ±445	7.3% ±0.9 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	7,395 ±673	14.9% ±1.3 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	9,073 ±881	18.3% ±1.7 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,852 ±508	7.8% ±1.0 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 49,631
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	17,175 ±570	34.6% ±0.9 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	32,456 ±1,211	65.4% ±2.0 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 49,631
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	9,073 ±881	18.3% ±1.7 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	14,276 ±1,006	28.8% ±1.9 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	8,951 ±690	18.0% ±1.3 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	8,596 ±597	17.3% ±1.1 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	4,882 ±543	9.8% ±1.1 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,103 ±376	4.2% ±0.8 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,750 ±249	3.5% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 158,801
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	89,809 ±1,788	56.6% ±1.1 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	68,992 ±1,786	43.4% ±1.1 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 150,205
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	57,397 ±1,896	38.2% ±1.2 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	49,235 ±2,140	32.8% ±1.4 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	444 ±194	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	162 ±115 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	782 ±262	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	10,020 ±1,350	6.7% ±0.9 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	973 ±341	0.6% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	8,213 ±1,207	5.5% ±0.8 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	3,300 ±692	2.2% ±0.5 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	13,001 ±1,314	8.7% ±0.9 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	5,022 ±955	3.3% ±0.6 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	565 ±252	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,091 ±375	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 115,130
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	20,776 ±1,334	18.0% ±1.1 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	27,171 ±1,424	23.6% ±1.2 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	19,759 ±1,293	17.2% ±1.1 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	8,231 ±707	7.1% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	27,739 ±1,527	24.1% ±1.3 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11,454 ±1,024	9.9% ±0.9 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 157,250
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	143,558 ±1,194	91.3% ±0.7 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	7,677 ±1,053	4.9% ±0.7 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,992 ±712	2.5% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	736 ±251	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,287 ±397	0.8% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.2% of Hayward residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 94.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Hayward	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.2% ±0.6 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.8% ±2.7 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.8% ±0.4 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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