Photo: M.O. Stevens · Public domainHayesville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.3 in Salem. 3,244 jobs are based in Hayesville, and 7,386 of its residents work somewhere. Hayesville grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hayesville apart
Hayesville and Salem trade workers both ways
Salem is the top workplace for Hayesville residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Hayesville come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Hayesville’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Oregon average of 23. 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.
Hayesville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hayesville is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #101 of 142 in Oregon. Job access by car holds Hayesville’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hayesville could be anywhere from C− to C+.
42% of working residents work in Salem
Where Hayesville clocks in
42% 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.
Hayesville’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hayesville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,513 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% 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.
How a workday changes Hayesville
On a workday 7,132 residents head out to work, 254 work right here, and 2,990 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Hayesville on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
What Hayesville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hayesville, 2013 → 2023: 3,596 → 3,244. 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 Hayesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Hayesville
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Hayesville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hayesville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #65 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,176 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 11.3% of Hayesville households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Hayesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hayesville next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000: 1,511th of 1,787 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 415 | West Linn OR | 26,567 | $147K | 5.5% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 661 | Happy Valley OR | 28,916 | $122K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Gladeview FL | 16,655 | $47K | 27.5% | 6.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,510 | Paducah KY | 26,730 | $50K | 22.3% | 4.0% | 53% | C |
| 1,511 | Hayesville OR | 21,246 | $59K | 23.7% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 1,512 | Elkton MD | 16,670 | $59K | 20.1% | 6.9% | 16% | C |
| 1,513 | Graham NC | 20,131 | $56K | 16.8% | 6.8% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hayesville, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
The towns next door employ 42% of Hayesville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hayesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayesville | – | C | A | 28 min | $58,624 |
| Salem | 42% | C+ | A | 22 min | $75,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salem. Darker towns draw more of Hayesville’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 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 Hayesville: questions
What is the median household income in Hayesville?
$58,624 (±$4,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hayesville?
23.7%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hayesville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hayesville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (42%, 4 mi), Portland (6%, 42 mi), Keizer (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hayesville walkable?
Hayesville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hayesville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hayesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hayesville
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.