Work & commute · Hayward

Work & commute in Hayward, CA

Most working residents leave Hayward for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (8%), San Francisco (8%) and Fremont (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

9,512 of 72,069 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62,557 Hayward residents head out of town to work, 9,512 work right here, and 53,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayward.

62,557live here, work elsewhere

9,512live and work here

53,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayward goes to work

Hayward (in town)right here

13%9,512

Oakland11.9 mi away

8%5,976

San Francisco51.2 mi away

8%5,673

Fremont12.8 mi away

7%5,369

San Jose27.8 mi away

5%3,488

Union City4.9 mi away

4%2,689

San Leandro6.2 mi away

4%2,637

Palo Alto16.1 mi away

3%2,337

Pleasanton12.5 mi away

2%1,528

Redwood City9.8 mi away

2%1,428

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%31,432

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hayward commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

53%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayward is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayward are

62,721 jobs are based in Hayward. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hayward’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hayward

62,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hayward residents hold

72,069 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

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Jobs based in Hayward, 2013 → 2023: 62,924 → 62,721. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.