Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Holly Pond
Only 2% work in Holly Pond; the top destination outside it is Cullman (23%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26. 298 jobs are based in Holly Pond; 298 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Holly Pond for work, and who comes in
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Holly Pond ends
Where Holly Pond clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Holly Pond’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holly Pond, 2014 → 2024: 193 → 298. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holly Pond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Holly Pond
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holly Pond workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Holly Pond
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Holly Pond: questions
What is the median household income in Holly Pond?
$42,333 (±$16,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holly Pond?
23.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holly Pond?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holly Pond work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cullman (23%, 13 mi), Huntsville (7%, 37 mi), Birmingham (6%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Holly Pond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holly Pond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holly Pond
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.