Because of many things, Hays is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hays really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hays perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hays has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hays has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hays than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hays may be for you.
Hays is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Hays are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.92% of adults in Hays have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
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.
