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Home My WebLink Abouthayward-pit-2024-infographicEmergency Shelter Transitional Housing Safe Haven 71%29%0% Unsheltered Sheltered Emergency Shelter Transitional Housing Safe Haven 73.1%26.6%0.4% Unsheltered Sheltered Every 2 years, communities conduct counts of people experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. The 2024 Alameda County Point-in-Time (PIT) Count was a community-wide effort conducted on January 25, 2024. The snapshot below includes people enrolled in shelter projects in Hayward on the night of January 24th and those interviewed or observed as experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the early morning hours of 1/25/24. HAYWARD ALAMEDA COUNTY 2019 2022 2024 HAYWARD UNSHELTERED SLEEPING LOCATIONS 2019 2022 2024 TYPE OF SHELTER 487 372 115 381 267 114 512 278 234 8,022 6,312 1,710 9,747 7,135 2,612 9,450 6,343 3,107 CITY OF HAYWARD ALAMEDA COUNTY Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 46%54% Sheltered UnshelteredSHELTERED/UNSHELTEREDPOPULATION 33%67% HAYWARD ALAMEDA COUNTY 32%12% STREETORSIDEWALKOTHERTENT/MAKESHIFTSHELTER VEHICLE /RV 29%26% Age 25-34 22.1% Age 35-44 21.1% Age 45-54 18.2% Age 55-64 13.7% Age 18-24 11.1% Under 189.6% Age 65+4.3% AGE 65+ 4.3% UNDER 18 9.6%AGE 18-24 11.1% AGE 55-64 13.7% AGE 35-44 21.1% AGE 25-34 22.1% AGE 45-54 18.2% CITY OF HAYWARD HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Within AlamedaCounty Outside of AlamedaCountyRESIDENCEPRIOR TOBECOMINGHOMELESS 79%21% AGE RANGES CITY OF HAYWARD HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY < 1 Year 1-4 Yrs 5-9 Yrs 10+ Yrs 4.8%3.2%6.3%85.7% LENGTH OF TIME LIVING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS Veterans 1% Survivors of Domestic Violence 10% HIV/Aids Related Illness 1% Serious Mental Illness 20% Substance Use Disorder 17% Chronic Homelessness 25% Pregnant orExpecting aChild 0% Interaction withCriminal Justicein Past Year 24% UnshelteredPeople withEmployment 4%14% ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS UnshelteredPeople with aPet Housing LossRelated Job Loss/IncomeRelated HealthRelatedIssues PRIMARY CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS 34%34%22% HouseholdLoss/ BreakupRelated 19% PIT General Population 5.7%1.2%2.1% 29.6%28.9% 9.0% 35.4% 39.7% 0.2%2.7% 12.1% 2.1%2.4% 32.6% 22.3% *Census data does not currently differentiate between Hispanic/Latino/a/e status for Multiple Races RACE IDENTITIES COMPARED TO GENERAL POPULATION American Indian / Native Alaskan Asian or Asian American Black / African American Hispanic & Latino/e/a Middle Eastern or North African Multiple Races- Not Latino/e/a* Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander White 0% Gender Groups (*Please note the US Census only provides data for Male and Female categories) PIT General Population Man Man Woman Woman *Additional Gender Identities 5.9% 51.2% 63.5% 48.8% 30.7%