City Overview

Hercules Hercules is a well-planned residential town that has undergone rapid development in the last fifteen years. Until the mid-seventies, Hercules was a company-owned town with a few hundred workers living in homes owned by the Hercules Power Company. The companny subsequently closed the plant and sold the land to developers. Affordable housing tracts cover the hills, giving views of San Pablo Dam and the waterfront area overlooking the Bay.