Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Hercules, CA

26,302 Population
6.4 square miles 4,101.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,501 ±$2,778 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $74,352 ±$502
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$129,397 ±$8,414 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $136,027 ±$1,102
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

5.6% ±1.6% (1,459  ±412) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.9% 407,620 (±0.2% / ±8,364)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

37.6 minutes ±1.3 (392,695  ±30,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31 54,373,992 (±0.1 / ±403,079)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

9,355 ±442 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,744,070 ±3,948
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.8 ±0.1 (26,231  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,552,063 (±0 / ±1,249)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

3.7% ±1.7% (214  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 53,287 (±0.2% / ±1,904)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

9,581 ±444 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,880,374 ±609
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$769,400 ±$27,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,140,700 ±$3,829
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

7.9% ±2.6% (2,049  ±680.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.1% 555,093 (±0.2% / ±8,532.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

92.5% ±4.8% (17,957  ±1,089.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,044,826 (±0.4% / ±13,090.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
46.1% ±3.5% (8,943  ±730.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.9% 1,798,778 (±0.3% / ±9,450.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

36.3% ±3.1% (9,539  ±823) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.9% 1,481,065
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

3.8% ±1.4% (815  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.2% 121,131 (±0.1% / ±2,623)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
815 Total veterans ±294 609 Male ±151 206 Female ±262

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.