Hayward Rent Report: May 2025
Welcome to the Apartment List May 2025 Rent Report for Hayward, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $2,547, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain up 1.8% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Hayward rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader San Francisco metro area and the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Hayward fell by 0.0% over the course of April, and has now increased by a total of 1.8% over the past 12 months. Hayward’s rent growth over the past year has is similar to the state average (1.8%) and has outpaced the national average (-0.3%).
Four months into the year, rents in Hayward have risen 2.7%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to April 2024 rents had decreased 0.5%.
If we expand our view to the wider San Francisco metro area, the median rent is $2,624 meaning that the median price in Hayward ($2,547) is 3.0% lower than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 3.9%, above the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 20 cities in the San Francisco metro area that are included in our database. Among them, San Mateo is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $3,383. Oakland is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $2,006. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in San Francisco (7.9%) while the slowest is in Walnut Creek (-0.6%).
You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the San Francisco metropolitan area.
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