Hayward, California

Hayward population, 2020 to 2024

Hayward lost 4,286 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,065. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 313th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Hayward is 4.3 times that size.

Hayward covers 45.82 square miles of land and 18.31 of water, for 3,458 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Hayward is close to the typical town.

What county Hayward is in

All of Hayward's residents live in Alameda County, which had 1,649,060 residents in 2024. Hayward holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hayward

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hayward by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94541, 94542, 94544, 94545, 94587. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hayward is

The Census internal point of Hayward is at 37.626800, -122.104000. Sacramento, the capital, is 73.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakland, CA (443,554 people), 11.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Hayward

At 37.63° N, Hayward gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Hayward daylight page.

Places near Hayward

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 4.9 miles away, with 66,196 people.