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Hays city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Hays city is a Census city of 21,143 people across 8.74 square miles of land, in Ellis County. Median household income is $58,459, 58.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 102 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $31.8 m.
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Hays
What Hays is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,419
- County holding the largest share of its areaEllis County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hays
How many people live in Hays
- Population21,143
- Median age30.2
- Population under 183,902
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over3,332
- Share 65 and over15.8 percent
- Households9,003
- Family households4,656
- Share of households that are families51.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hays
Income and work in Hays
- Median household income$58,459
- Per capita income$33,657
- Civilian labor force12,567
- Employed12,118
- Unemployed449 plus or minus 177
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over12,132
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hays
Housing in Hays
- Housing units9,702
- Occupied units9,003
- Vacant units699 plus or minus 223
- Vacancy rate7.2 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied5,266
- Renter occupied3,737
- Ownership rate58.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$225,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$922
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent
- Single family units6,761
- Share single family69.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,634
- Share in buildings of two or more27.1 percent
- Mobile homes307 plus or minus 144
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hays
How Hays gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,304
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,248
- Share commuting under 15 minutes81.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more650 plus or minus 227
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more5.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Drove alone77.1 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked9.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hays
SBA 7(a) lending to Hays borrowers
- Approvals102
- Gross approval$31,831,300
- Average approval$312,072
- Median approval$105,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$714,000
- Largest approval$2,900,000
- Jobs supported1,039
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome49
- Paid in full49
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term72 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.6 percent
- Share to franchises4.9 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS50
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hays
SBA 504 lending to Hays borrowers
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$7,631,000
- Average approval$423,944
- Median approval$311,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported100
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ellis County, not Hays
Ellis County context, not Hays figures
These are Ellis County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hays measurements.
- Establishments in Ellis County1,110
- Employment at those establishments, Ellis County12,808
- Covered employment, Ellis County15,487
- Average annual pay, Ellis County$47,061
- Average weekly wage, Ellis County$905
- Housing units permitted, Ellis County36
- Of those, single family, Ellis County30
- County product, 2024, Ellis County$2,049,817,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ellis County-3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ellis County$46,098
Every figure in this section is published for Ellis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hays. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Hays questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hays, Kansas?
21,143, in 9,003 households. Hays city covers 8.74 square miles of land, which is 2,419 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hays in?
Ellis County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Hays?
$58,459. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $225,500. Median gross rent is $922 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hays businesses?
102 7(a) approvals totalling $31.8 m, across 12 lenders, median approval $105,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $7.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hays, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hays borrowers get paid back?
Of the 49 loans that have reached a final outcome, 49 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Hays figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ellis County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Hays.
Is zoning published for Hays?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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