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The median home value in Hayward, CA is $831,558 as of 2026-07-31, down 4.35% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$831,558
Year-over-Year
-4.35%
Population
153,419
Hayward ranks #168 of 396 California cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 8.6% above the state's city median of $765,555. It sits in Alameda County, where the county-wide median is $1,062,132.
Median household income in Hayward is $113,318, so the typical home value is about 7.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Hayward police recorded a violent crime rate of 477 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,657 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Hayward, that value is $831,558. That's down 4.35% from a year earlier. It is about 8.6% above the typical California city tracked here.
Homes in Hayward are cheaper than Alameda County as a whole, where the median is $1,062,132 — a difference of about 21.7%.
Median household income here is $113,318, so the typical home value is about 7.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Hayward police reported 477 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 153,419. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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