Photo: Perdelsky at English Wikipedia · Public domainAt 9.4%, unemployment in Holtville is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where California as a whole has 17%. The two grades for Holtville are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in seven work in Holtville itself; outside it, El Centro draws the most (17%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Holtville
Commutes from Holtville are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Holtville and El Centro trade workers both ways
El Centro is the top workplace for Holtville residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Holtville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Holtville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
How Holtville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holtville is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #765 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Holtville’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holtville could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How long Holtville spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holtville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,694 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Out of Holtville to work: where people go
Where Holtville clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Miles to work from Holtville
About 33% 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.
Holtville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,962 residents head out to work, 386 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Holtville on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Goods jobs make up 34% of work in Holtville
1,129 jobs are based in Holtville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holtville, 2013 → 2023: 865 → 1,129. 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 Holtville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Holtville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holtville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #464 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Holtville 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 1,761 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). 7.8% of Holtville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holtville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Holtville ranks: 3,126th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,124 | Aztec NM | 6,091 | $42K | 25.9% | 4.5% | 16% | D |
| 3,125 | Nikiski AK | 4,773 | $66K | 15.9% | 6.1% | — | D |
| 3,126 | Holtville CA | 5,591 | $65K | 18.7% | 9.4% | 16% | D |
| 3,127 | Harrison Township IN | 6,294 | $52K | 22.1% | 5.1% | 8% | D |
| 3,128 | Cobleskill NY | 6,484 | $55K | 15.1% | 6.2% | 26% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Holtville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Holtville: questions
What is the median household income in Holtville?
$65,039 (±$26,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holtville?
18.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holtville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holtville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Centro (17%, 11 mi), Calexico (7%, 11 mi), Brawley (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holtville walkable?
Holtville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holtville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holtville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holtville
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.