Hailey is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 9,644 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hailey is the 26th largest community in Idaho.

Hailey home prices are not only among the most expensive in Idaho, but Hailey real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Hailey is also a city of artists. Hailey has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hailey’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Hailey is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.85 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The citizens of Hailey are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.05% of adults in Hailey have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hailey in 2022 was $34,710, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,840 for a family of four. However, Hailey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hailey is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hailey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hailey residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Hailey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hailey include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.

In addition, Hailey has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.12%).

The most common language spoken in Hailey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.