Greensky Hill Mission · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hayes Township works elsewhere
There are 240 jobs in Hayes Township, against 654 working residents. The two grades for Hayes Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Hayes Township itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (17%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hayes Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hayes Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hayes Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Hayes Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Hayes Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Hayes Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting out of Hayes Township: the destinations
Where Hayes Township clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Hayes Township works in goods: 54% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hayes Township, 2011 → 2021: 96 → 240. 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 Hayes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Hayes Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hayes Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 906 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Hayes Township commutes less than 10 miles
About 21% 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.
Hayes Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hayes Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hayes 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 1,024 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). 0.0% of Hayes Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hayes Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Hayes Township ranks 1,174th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,172 | Jonestown PA | 1,666 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,173 | Big Beaver PA | 1,822 | $72K | 6.0% | 7.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Hayes Township MI | 2,012 | $82K | 2.4% | 2.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,175 | Mathews LA | 1,598 | $87K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,176 | Dry Ridge OH | 2,554 | $74K | 4.1% | 5.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Hayes Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Hayes Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Charlevoix Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hayes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Township | – | B+ | C− | 23 min | $82,083 |
| Charlevoix Township | 8% | B− | B+ | 15 min | $80,781 |
| Bay Township | under 2% | B− | D | 21 min | $80,833 |
| Horton Bay | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eveline Township | under 2% | B− | C | 23 min | $101,964 |
| Resort Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $103,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Horton Bay: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hayes 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 Hayes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hayes Township?
$82,083 (±$14,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hayes Township?
2.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hayes Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hayes Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (17%, 10 mi), Charlevoix (16%, 5 mi), Charlevoix Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hayes Township walkable?
Hayes Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hayes Township without a car?
1% 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hayes 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.