Work & commute · Hay

Work & commute in Hay, MI

Most working residents leave Hay for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (14%), Gladwin (5%) and Warren (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 388 Hay residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hay.

388live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hay goes to work

Midland23.1 mi away

14%54

Gladwin7.9 mi away

5%21

Warren16 mi away

4%14

Mount Pleasant32.8 mi away

3%11

Saginaw38 mi away

3%11

Beaverton8.9 mi away

3%10

Bay City33.5 mi away

2%9

Gladwin7 mi away

2%9

Saginaw41.5 mi away

2%8

Standish18.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%241

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

How far

How far Hay commutes

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

14%

28%

27%

31%

14%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hay is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hay are

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

Jobs based in Hay

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Hay residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+132%

Jobs based in Hay, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 58. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.