Work & commute · Hayes

Work & commute in Hayes, MI

Most working residents leave Hayes for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrison (8%), Mount Pleasant (6%) and Clare (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,241 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,167 Hayes residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayes.

1,167live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayes goes to work

Harrison3.1 mi away

8%105

Mount Pleasant31.3 mi away

6%74

Hayes (in town)right here

6%74

Clare15.5 mi away

6%70

Midland40.3 mi away

5%58

Grant12.9 mi away

3%42

Gladwin15.4 mi away

3%36

Lansing93 mi away

3%36

Hatton7.6 mi away

3%32

Grand Rapids87 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%695

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.

19%

21%

22%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayes is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayes are

358 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

358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Hayes residents hold

1,241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−35%

Jobs based in Hayes, 2011 → 2021: 549 → 358. 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.