The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hayward has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hayward a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Hayward is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.19 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Hayward does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Hayward citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.32% of adults in Hayward have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hayward in 2022 was $28,958, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,832 for a family of four. However, Hayward contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hayward home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hayward residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hayward include German, Irish, Polish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Hayward is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.
