Hayward is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 139,895 people and 34 constituent neighborhoods, Hayward is the 30th largest community in California.

Hayward is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hayward is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hayward who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.90%), sales jobs (10.13%), and management occupations (6.38%).

Also of interest is that Hayward has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the nice things about Hayward is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In Hayward, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Hayward Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Hayward is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 19.87% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hayward in 2000 was $19,695, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $78,780 for a family of four.

Hayward is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hayward home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hayward is White, followed by Asian. Hayward also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.29% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hayward include German, Irish, Portuguese, Italian, and English.

In addition, Hayward has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (34.75%).

The languages spoken by people in Hayward are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Hayward is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, and Hindi.