Work & commute · Hayes

Work & commute in Hayes, LA

Most working residents leave Hayes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (38%), Sulphur (4%) and Hackberry (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 267 Hayes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayes.

267live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayes goes to work

Lake Charles18.2 mi away

38%102

Sulphur27.1 mi away

4%10

Hackberry30.8 mi away

2%6

Houston, TX149.3 mi away

2%5

Iowa10.5 mi away

1%4

Lafayette53.9 mi away

1%4

Baton Rouge109.4 mi away

1%4

Shreveport170.7 mi away

1%4

Cameron31 mi away

1%4

Westlake22.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%121

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hayes commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

12%

24%

1%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayes is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayes are

7 jobs are based in Hayes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hayes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hayes

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hayes residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.