Hays is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Hays’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hays has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hays a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Hays does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Hays rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.92% of adults 25 and older in Hays have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Hays in 2022 was $35,781, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,124 for a family of four. However, Hays contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hays is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hays home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hays residents report their race to be White. Hays also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hays include Irish, German, English, Welsh, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hays is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
