Holt has higher unemployment (9.0%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Holt D; getting around on foot earns it C. 2% of workers work from home (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Holt and work: the main findings
Holt and Tuscaloosa trade workers both ways
Tuscaloosa is the top workplace for Holt residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Holt come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Holt makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Holt are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Holt residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Holt is a place people come home to
There are 386 jobs based in Holt, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holt has about 2,700 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Holt’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holt is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #149 of 187 in Alabama. Job access by car holds Holt’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holt could be anywhere from D to C+.
40% of working residents work in Tuscaloosa
Where Holt clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in Holt
386 jobs are based in Holt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holt, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 386. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Holt
On a workday 1,280 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 374 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Holt on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Holt, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holt workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,428 commuters (the 2% 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.
Holt’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Holt, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holt is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #93 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Holt near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,464 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Holt households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900, Holt ranks 3,866th of 4,474 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,864 | Castor Township MO | 4,651 | $57K | 14.2% | 6.5% | 10% | D |
| 3,865 | Burns OR | 2,692 | $42K | 15.5% | 3.4% | 41% | D |
| 3,866 | Holt AL | 3,629 | $49K | 20.7% | 9.0% | 1% | D |
| 3,867 | Hawkinsville GA | 4,789 | $40K | 22.3% | 3.1% | 12% | D |
| 3,868 | Paintsville KY | 4,111 | $28K | 32.9% | 3.0% | 30% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Holt, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Next door is work for 40% of Holt
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt | – | D | C | 24 min | $48,675 |
| Tuscaloosa | 40% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $51,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tuscaloosa. Darker towns draw more of Holt’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Holt: questions
What is the median household income in Holt?
$48,675 (±$4,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holt?
20.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holt?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscaloosa (40%, 3 mi), Northport (9%, 7 mi), Birmingham (5%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holt walkable?
Holt is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holt 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 Holt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holt
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.