Hays is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,595 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hays is the 337th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hays is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 57.08% of the Hays workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hays is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hays who work in office and administrative support (10.96%), healthcare suport services (5.63%), and food service (4.41%). 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. One downside of living in Hays is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hays, the average commute to work is 31.32 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. 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 have a very low rate of college education: just 9.90% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Hays in 2022 was $26,301, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,204 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, followed by Black or African-American. Hays also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hays include Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Hays is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
