† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHaywardCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican28.6%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.3%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.2%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.9%0.3%—
Spaniard0.7%0.3%—
Spanish0.7%0.3%—
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Chinese9.9%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian8.7%2.3%1.4%
Filipino4.9%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese1.8%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.1%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.7%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.6%0.3%—
Pakistani0.4%——
German3.5%6.8%12.5%
English3.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish3.2%5.9%9.4%
Italian1.8%3.4%4.8%
American1.1%2.8%5.3%
French0.8%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese0.8%——
Polish0.7%0.9%2.2%
African American†6.6%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Aztec5.1%0.3%—
Maya3.4%——
Fijian3.4%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hayward
California
United States
Median age
38.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hayward
California
United States
Median household income
$113,318
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hayward
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
61.8%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
32.8%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.7%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
5.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
8.7%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hayward
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hayward, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+48.8%
2008
+58.0%
2012
+62.3%
2016
+64.3%
2020
+56.4%
2024
+42.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.4%Harris34,516
27.1%Trump13,473
3.5%
D+42.3
R+14.1
D+43.8
49,737
D
77.2%Biden46,240
20.8%Trump12,453
2.0%
D+56.4
R+7.9
D+52.0
59,904
D
79.6%Clinton37,479
15.2%Trump7,178
5.2%
D+64.3
D+2.0
D+62.2
47,105
D
79.6%Obama33,566
17.3%Romney7,282
3.2%
D+62.3
D+4.3
D+58.4
42,193
D
78.8%Obama32,938
20.8%McCain8,713
0.3%
D+58.0
D+9.1
D+50.7
41,797
D
73.5%Kerry28,524
24.7%Bush9,570
1.9%
D+48.8
—
D+51.3
38,821
Hayward's electorate skews heavily Latino and Asian American, with homeownership rates well below the state median — a demographic profile that shapes local ballot measure outcomes and turnout patterns distinctly from its wealthier Bay Area neighbors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.3 points.
A population of 158,801, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,318 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Leandro and Pittsburg.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hayward, California voted Democratic by 42.3 points (D+42.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 49,737 votes cast, 34,516 went Democratic and 13,473 went Republican.
How many people live in Hayward, California?
Hayward, California has a population of 158,801 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hayward, California?
Median household income in Hayward, California is $113,318 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Hayward, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hayward, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
