Hayes is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 676 people and just one neighborhood, Hayes is the 265th largest community in Louisiana.
Hayes real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Hayes house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Hayes is a blue-collar town, with 43.31% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hayes is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hayes who work in sales jobs (21.66%), computer science and math (10.19%), and management occupations (9.55%).
Also of interest is that Hayes has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Hayes has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Hayes is worth considering.
One downside of living in Hayes is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hayes, the average commute to work is 46.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Hayes doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Hayes who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.57% of the adults in Hayes have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hayes in 2022 was $21,676, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,704 for a family of four. However, Hayes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hayes also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.14% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hayes is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hayes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hayes residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hayes include French, Acadian/Cajun, English, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Hayes is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Other Indo-European.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hayes, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, if you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 66.7% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 9.0% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hayes are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 41.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.9%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Hayes, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (20.3%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report English roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.