What is the population of Hercules city?

Hercules city has 26,245 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #290 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Hercules city?

Median household income in Hercules city is $130,583 a year, 66.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hercules city?

Median gross rent is $3,003 a month and the median home value is $741,200, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.

Is Hercules city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hercules city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hercules, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hercules, California (Hercules, CA — Census place “Hercules city”) is 26,245 residents, ranking #290 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $130,583, the median home is worth $741,200 and median gross rent runs $3,003 a month. Looking for the Hercules California ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Hercules, CA: 94547, 94572.

Population: 26,245Hercules city residents
Median household income: $130,583Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $741,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $3,003Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.1%Owner-occupied households

Hercules ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hercules.

The Hercules CA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Hercules city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hercules city median would spend about 27.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 81.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hercules city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hercules city is a small city in California, with 26,245 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #290 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 43.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Hercules city earn a median of $130,583 a year, 66.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 43% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hercules city is valued at $741,200, 144.3% above the national figure and 26% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,003 a month, 113.6% above the national figure, or roughly $36,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 81.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Hercules city?: Hercules city has 26,245 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #290 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Hercules city?: Median household income in Hercules city is $130,583 a year, 66.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hercules city?: Median gross rent is $3,003 a month and the median home value is $741,200, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.
Is Hercules city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hercules city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hercules city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.