Cricket vs Hays

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and Hays: population, income, housing, and more.

Cricket and Hays are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cricket has the higher population (2,512 vs 1,355 in Hays). Hays has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $40,405 in Cricket). Hays has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $153,600 in Cricket).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	Hays
Population	2,512	1,355
Median age	27.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$54,063
Median home value	$153,600	$158,900
Median gross rent	$829	—
Housing units	920	745
Homeownership rate	45.4%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	Hays
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	1,277 → 1,355 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$27,031 → $54,063 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$97,400 → $158,900 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$618 → $744 (+20.4%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

Hays

Population

1,2771,355

Median household income

$27,031$54,063

Median home value

$97,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$618$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	Hays
Under 5	6.4%	12.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	5.7%
18 to 24	16.0%	16.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	21.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	Hays
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	Hays
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	56.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	Hays
Drove alone	66.2%	87.3%
Carpooled	31.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	Hays
1-unit, detached	68.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	Hays
Poverty rate	26.6%	4.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1971	1991