Wigwam Village #6 · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainHolbrook’s household incomes are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
19.8% of residents live below the poverty line (Arizona 12.5%). Jobs and income earn Holbrook C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Arizona as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Holbrook, in brief
Few Holbrook workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 18% across Arizona. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Holbrook than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Holbrook fell from 2,901 in 2013 to 1,813 in 2023, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Holbrook are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Holbrook go to people who live here
Of the 1,813 jobs based in Holbrook, 45% are held by Holbrook residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Holbrook
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holbrook is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #99 of 140 in Arizona. Unemployment holds Holbrook’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holbrook could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Arizona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holbrook workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,889 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% 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.
What work there is in Holbrook: 1,813 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2,901 → 1,813. 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 Holbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Holbrook
On a workday 1,148 residents head out to work, 818 work right here, and 995 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 (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Holbrook goes to work
About 36% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Holbrook goes to work
Where Holbrook clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Most trips from Holbrook start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holbrook is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #77 of 140 in Arizona. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,936 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Holbrook households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Holbrook is 3,287th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 367 | Citrus Park AZ | 5,115 | $141K | 8.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 458 | Rincon Valley AZ | 6,512 | $132K | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,191 | Cave Creek AZ | 5,160 | $107K | 7.2% | 2.7% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,285 | Quitman GA | 4,032 | $19K | 42.6% | 2.9% | 16% | C− |
| 3,286 | Haddon Township IN | 3,759 | $63K | 15.0% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,287 | Holbrook AZ | 4,866 | $57K | 19.8% | 3.4% | 42% | C− |
| 3,288 | Buckhannon WV | 5,054 | $55K | 21.7% | 4.7% | 26% | C− |
| 3,289 | Richland Center WI | 5,020 | $52K | 16.0% | 4.6% | 36% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | 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 Holbrook, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
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 Holbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Holbrook?
$56,502 (±$5,572) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holbrook?
19.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holbrook?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holbrook work?
42% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (4%, 143 mi), Show Low (4%, 45 mi), Winslow (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holbrook walkable?
Holbrook is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holbrook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holbrook
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.