Household incomes in Hayfork trail those of 93% of U.S. towns
44.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.0% across California. The two grades for Hayfork are D− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 40% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hayfork in brief
A big share show a job far from home
56% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Hayfork works from home
40% of Hayfork workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hayfork’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hayfork is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #846 of 847 in California. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hayfork’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Hayfork’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hayfork could be anywhere from D− to D.
How far Hayfork’s workers travel
About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Working from home in Hayfork
of Hayfork workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 commuters (the 40% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Hayfork on a workday afternoon
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Weaverville
Where Hayfork clocks in
8% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Hayfork: 282 jobs
282 jobs are based in Hayfork.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hayfork, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 282. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hayfork’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Hayfork, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hayfork is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #604 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 565 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 38% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.4% of Hayfork households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hayfork’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hayfork and other U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,858 | Tiptonville TN | 3,333 | $23K | 38.4% | 7.0% | 22% | D− |
| 4,859 | Weldon CA | 2,493 | $35K | 28.9% | 4.2% | 6% | D− |
| 4,860 | Hayfork CA | 2,537 | $44K | 44.3% | 0.0% | 23% | D− |
| 4,861 | Clayton AL | 2,195 | $22K | 39.7% | 23.5% | 8% | D− |
| 4,862 | Lake Providence LA | 3,147 | $28K | 39.2% | 15.5% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hayfork, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hayfork: questions
What is the median household income in Hayfork?
$44,434 (±$37,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hayfork?
44.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hayfork work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (8%, 15 mi), Redding (3%, 40 mi), Salyer (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hayfork walkable?
Hayfork is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hayfork without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hayfork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hayfork
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.