Bay Point vs Hercules

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Point and Hercules: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Point and Hercules are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hercules has the higher population (26,245 vs 24,065 in Bay Point). Hercules has the higher median household income ($130,583 vs $80,684 in Bay Point). Hercules has the higher median home value ($741,200 vs $479,100 in Bay Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Point	Hercules
Population	24,065	26,245
Median age	32.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,684	$130,583
Median home value	$479,100	$741,200
Median gross rent	$1,946	$3,003
Housing units	6,901	9,615
Homeownership rate	57.2%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Point	Hercules
Population	25,808 → 24,065 (-6.8%)	25,616 → 26,245 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$65,098 → $80,684 (+23.9%)	$117,018 → $130,583 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $479,100 (+58.2%)	$561,600 → $741,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,946 (+31.0%)	$2,201 → $3,003 (+36.4%)

Bay Point

Population

25,80824,065

Median household income

$65,098$80,684

Median home value

$302,900$479,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,946

Hercules

Population

25,61626,245

Median household income

$117,018$130,583

Median home value

$561,600$741,200

Median gross rent

$2,201$3,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Point	Hercules
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.0%
75 and over	4.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Point	Hercules
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	15.4%
Black or African American	8.5%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	11.9%	43.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Point	Hercules
No high school diploma	27.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.1%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Point	Hercules
Drove alone	70.2%	62.9%
Carpooled	19.1%	7.3%
Public transit	5.3%	9.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	18.1%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Point	Hercules
1-unit, detached	69.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	19.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bay Point	Hercules
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.4%
Average household size	3.55	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1981	1988