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Hayward city, California: commercial real estate data.
Hayward city is a Census city of 158,801 people across 45.82 square miles of land, in Alameda County. Median household income is $113,318, 58.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 212 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $161.4 m.
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Hayward
What Hayward is
- Census place typecity
- Land area45.82 sq mi
- Water area18.31 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,466
- County holding the largest share of its areaAlameda County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hayward
How many people live in Hayward
- Population158,801
- Median age38.6
- Population under 1831,091
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over22,896
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households49,631
- Family households36,706
- Share of households that are families74.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hayward
Income and work in Hayward
- Median household income$113,318
- Per capita income$45,923
- Civilian labor force87,480
- Employed81,991
- Unemployed5,489
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over115,130
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hayward
Housing in Hayward
- Housing units52,243
- Occupied units49,631
- Vacant units2,612
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent
- Owner occupied28,799
- Renter occupied20,832
- Ownership rate58.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$854,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,391
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.3 percent
- Single family units32,630
- Share single family62.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17,150
- Share in buildings of two or more32.8 percent
- Mobile homes2,357
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hayward
How Hayward gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute67,926
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,845
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more36,414
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.6 percent
- Drove alone65.4 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent
- Public transport4.3 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home13.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hayward
SBA loans in Hayward (7(a))
- Approvals212
- Gross approval$161,419,000
- Average approval$761,410
- Median approval$382,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,925,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,559
- Jobs per approval12.1
- Loans with a final outcome53
- Paid in full52
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans1.9 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.4 percent
- Share to franchises8.0 percent
- Distinct lenders46
- Distinct industries by NAICS113
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hayward
SBA loans in Hayward (504)
- Approvals202
- Gross approval$247,716,000
- Average approval$1,226,317
- Median approval$893,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported2,197
- Loans with a final outcome76
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans1.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs11
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hayward
Flood risk in Hayward
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number065033
- Currently effective map date12/21/18
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Alameda County, not Hayward
Alameda County context, not Hayward figures
These are Alameda County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hayward measurements.
- Establishments in Alameda County42,318
- Employment at those establishments, Alameda County749,124
- Covered employment, Alameda County790,358
- Average annual pay, Alameda County$98,026
- Average weekly wage, Alameda County$1,885
- Housing units permitted, Alameda County1,743
- Of those, single family, Alameda County826
- County product, 2024, Alameda County$182,539,223,000
- County product change over the prior year, Alameda County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Alameda County$142,638
Every figure in this section is published for Alameda County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hayward. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hayward questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hayward, California?
158,801, in 49,631 households. Hayward city covers 45.82 square miles of land, which is 3,466 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hayward in?
Alameda County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hayward?
$113,318. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $854,400. Median gross rent is $2,391 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hayward businesses?
212 7(a) approvals totalling $161.4 m, across 46 lenders, median approval $382,500, plus 202 504 approvals worth $247.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hayward, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hayward borrowers get paid back?
Of the 53 loans that have reached a final outcome, 52 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 1.9 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Hayward in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Hayward appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 065033, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Hayward figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Alameda County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hayward.
Is zoning published for Hayward?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.