Housing density: 1,456 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $213,802.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,792, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,730
Median gross rent in Hercules, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Hercules with a mortgage: 5,927 (557 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 369 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 81
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $140,283
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $98,890
Size of family households: 2,293 2-persons, 1,603 3-persons, 1,251 4-persons, 750 5-persons, 440 6-persons, 318 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,162 1-person, 250 2-persons, 48 3-persons.
3,708 married couples with children.
709 single-parent households (68 men, 641 women).
52.5% of residents of Hercules speak English at home.
12.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
20.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 8,886 (34.3%)
(80.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 56.0% Number of people working at home: 2,499 (18.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 135
5 to 9 minutes: 578
10 to 14 minutes: 715
15 to 19 minutes: 879
20 to 24 minutes: 1,272
25 to 29 minutes: 531
30 to 34 minutes: 1,248
35 to 39 minutes: 435
40 to 44 minutes: 609
45 to 59 minutes: 1,567
60 to 89 minutes: 2,012
90 or more minutes: 709
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 3,943 (54.1%)
Carpooled: 576 (7.9%)
Bus: 50 (0.7%)
Subway or elevated rail: 15 (0.2%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 76 (1.0%)
Taxi: 134 (1.8%)
Bicycle: 9 (0.1%)
Walked: 48 (0.7%)
Worked at home: 2,499 (34.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
0.6%Males
8.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.1%Males
8.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.1%Males
3.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
7.3%Males
1.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.1%Males
4.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.9%Males
2.2%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Hercules, California
1,3972010 or later
1,8912000 to 2009
1,5541990 to 1999
1,9091980 to 1989
2,0501970 to 1979
1,053Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Nigerian: 458 (2.5%)
Ethiopian: 399 (2.2%)
Italian: 379 (2.1%)
European: 346 (1.9%)
Iranian: 241 (1.3%)
Irish: 195 (1.1%)
American: 192 (1.1%)
English: 139 (0.8%)
African: 115 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 102 (0.6%)
German: 98 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (0.4%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.4%)
Polish: 70 (0.4%)
Romanian: 53 (0.3%)
Egyptian: 43 (0.2%)
British: 39 (0.2%)
Arab: 38 (0.2%)
Assyrian: 27 (0.1%)
Russian: 19 (0.1%)
Kenyan: 19 (0.1%)
Cypriot: 18 (0.10%)
French: 17 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.09%)
Brazilian: 14 (0.08%)
Bulgarian: 14 (0.08%)
Ghanaian: 10 (0.06%)
Dutch: 10 (0.06%)
Haitian: 10 (0.06%)
Lebanese: 10 (0.06%)
Austrian: 7 (0.04%)
Greek: 7 (0.04%)
Scottish: 6 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.03%)
Canadian: 3 (0.02%)
Eastern European: 3 (0.02%)
Danish: 2 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Hercules:
27.3% (2,294)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
India
Hercules:
19.5% (1,639)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Mexico
Hercules:
8.9% (749)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Hercules:
7.4% (622)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Pakistan
Hercules:
4.6% (386)
California:
0.5% (49,399)
Vietnam
Hercules:
4.1% (347)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Canada
Hercules:
3.0% (249)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Nepal
Hercules:
2.6% (219)
California:
0.2% (16,541)
Iran
Hercules:
2.2% (186)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Korea
Hercules:
2.1% (174)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Nigeria
Hercules:
1.7% (145)
California:
0.3% (35,557)
El Salvador
Hercules:
1.7% (144)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 13,781
Other state: 2,361
Northeast: 410
Midwest: 579
South: 1,126
West: 252
90.4% of Hercules residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 78.8% lived in California.
Hercules:
90.4%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 361
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 161
7th and 8th grade: 55
9th grade: 4
10th grade: 23
11th grade: 62
12th grade, no diploma: 102
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,203
Less than 1 year of college: 490
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,442
Associate degree: 1,057
Bachelor's degree: 2,621
Master's degree: 752
Professional school degree: 111
Doctorate degree: 263
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 242
Nursery to 4th grade: 149
5th and 6th grade: 63
7th and 8th grade: 60
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 87
11th grade: 69
12th grade, no diploma: 185
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,580
Less than 1 year of college: 423
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,317
Associate degree: 1,091
Bachelor's degree: 3,091
Master's degree: 1,362
Professional school degree: 247
Doctorate degree: 208
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,665
One, attached: 1,946
Two: 135
3 or 4: 423
5 to 9: 375
10 to 19: 335
20 to 49: 13
50 or more: 490
Mobile homes: 32
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago