Hays vs Ronda

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

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

Hays has the higher population (1,355 vs 468 in Ronda). Hays has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $49,018 in Ronda). Hays has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $114,200 in Ronda).

Population, income & housing

	Hays	Ronda
Population	1,355	468
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$49,018
Median home value	$158,900	$114,200
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	745	173
Homeownership rate	91.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hays	Ronda
Population	1,277 → 1,355 (+6.1%)	649 → 468 (-27.9%)
Median household income	$27,031 → $54,063 (+100.0%)	$37,143 → $49,018 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $158,900 (+63.1%)	$74,000 → $114,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $744 (+20.4%)	$582 → $900 (+54.6%)

Hays

Population

1,2771,355

Median household income

$27,031$54,063

Median home value

$97,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$618$744

Ronda

Population

649468

Median household income

$37,143$49,018

Median home value

$74,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$582$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hays	Ronda
Under 5	12.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	5.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	16.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	21.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	15.6%
75 and over	7.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hays	Ronda
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hays	Ronda
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hays	Ronda
Drove alone	87.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hays	Ronda
1-unit, detached	73.4%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	43.9%

Poverty & households

	Hays	Ronda
Poverty rate	4.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.29	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1991	1981