Most of Hay Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Hay Township; the top destination outside it is Midland (14%, 23 miles). Hay Township has 58 jobs; 395 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Hay Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hay Township and work: the main findings
Hay Township is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Hay Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hay Township has about 980 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hay Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hay Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hay Township is Midland, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 395 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Hay Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hay Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hay Township’s grade up ($64,432, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Hay Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hay Township could be anywhere from D to C.
How many people are in Hay Township by day
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Hay Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2021, primary jobs.
About 39 minutes to work from Hay Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hay Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 455 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 distance from Hay Township to work
About 31% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns that employ Hay Township’s residents
Where Hay Township clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Hay Township: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hay Township, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 58. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Hay Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hay Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hay Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 551 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Hay Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hay Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 4,194th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,192 | Stockdale TX | 1,494 | $53K | 24.5% | 5.2% | 10% | D |
| 4,193 | Dighton Township KS | 1,101 | $53K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 42% | D |
| 4,194 | Hay Township MI | 1,320 | $64K | 14.0% | 6.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,195 | Pierpont Township OH | 1,134 | $52K | 14.8% | 8.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,196 | Topsham VT | 1,217 | $72K | 18.8% | 0.0% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Hay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Hay Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay Township | – | D | D | 39 min | $64,432 |
| Buckeye Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 37 min | $52,708 |
| Billings Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $53,899 |
| Grim Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Secord Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $70,125 |
| Gladwin Township | 2% | D | B− | 29 min | $58,906 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grim Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gladwin Township. Darker towns draw more of Hay Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, 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 Hay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hay Township?
$64,432 (±$8,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hay Township?
14.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hay Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hay Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (14%, 23 mi), Gladwin (5%, 8 mi), Warren Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hay Township walkable?
Hay Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hay Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hay Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.