Work & commute · Hayes

Work & commute in Hayes, MI

Most working residents leave Hayes for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Petoskey (17%), Charlevoix (16%) and Charlevoix (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 654 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 Hayes residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayes.

630live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayes goes to work

Petoskey7.2 mi away

17%109

Charlevoix5.3 mi away

16%106

Charlevoix6.4 mi away

8%53

Bear Creek12 mi away

5%33

Boyne City10.2 mi away

5%30

Hayes (in town)right here

4%24

Resort6.3 mi away

3%19

Traverse City45.3 mi away

2%15

Harbor Springs10.7 mi away

2%11

East Jordan10.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%243

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.

50%

21%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayes is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayes are

240 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

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hayes residents hold

654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+150%

Jobs based in Hayes, 2011 → 2021: 96 → 240. 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.