Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Holly, and the trip to work
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. About one in five stay in Holly for work; outside it, Lamar is the main destination (11%, 27 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 11 minutes, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Holly
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Commutes from Holly are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 25 across Colorado. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Colorado worker. Time on the road ↓
Holly’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Holly is Lamar, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (25) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Holly
About 41% 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.
How long Holly spends getting to work: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holly workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 320 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Holly: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Holly on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Holly live
Where Holly clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Holly
357 jobs are based in Holly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holly, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 357. 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 Holly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Holly: questions
What is the median household income in Holly?
$33,750 (±$23,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holly?
18.7%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holly?
11 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holly work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamar (11%, 27 mi), Hartman (8%, 7 mi), Denver (4%, 189 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 37% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holly
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.