With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Hayes works elsewhere
Employers in Hayes report 7 jobs, against 267 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hayes for work; outside it, Lake Charles is the main destination (38%, 18 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hayes stands out on work
Hayes is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Hayes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hayes has about 430 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hayes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
38% of Hayes works in Lake Charles
102 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Lake Charles, 18 miles away. That’s far more as work in Hayes itself. The commute map ↓
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 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hayes
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Hayes on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 47 minutes each way for Hayes’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hayes workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Hayes commutes to
Where Hayes clocks in
Lines 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 Hayes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Hayes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Hayes
About 24% 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.
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 Hayes: questions
What is the median household income in Hayes?
$140,278 (±$117,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hayes?
11.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hayes?
47 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hayes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Charles (38%, 18 mi), Sulphur (4%, 27 mi), Hackberry (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hayes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hayes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hayes
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.