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Hayward vs Castro Valley

Hayward, CA compared with Castro Valley, CA · 6 miles apart

Hayward has 157,113 residents to Castro Valley’s 65,001. Hayward comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Castro Valley does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Hayward, CA Castro Valley, CA
Population 157,113 65,001
Density (per sq mi) 3,429 3,858
Median household income $113,318 $142,779
Median home value $854,400 $1,104,600
Median rent $2,391 $2,554
Homeownership 58% 72.5%
Average commute 32.3 min 32.7 min
Median age 38.6 42.9
Bachelor's degree + 34% 44.5%
Poverty rate 9.6% 6.7%
Unemployment 6.3% 3.8%
Price to income 7.5× 7.7×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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