Households in Holiday have lower incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
19.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Florida as a whole. For jobs and income Holiday is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 3% work in Holiday itself; outside it, Tampa draws the most (7%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Holiday
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Holiday
Job access by car holds Holiday’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,186, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holiday could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Commuting out of Holiday: the destinations
Where Holiday clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Holiday on a workday
On a workday 9,783 residents head out to work, 326 work right here, and 2,588 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Holiday on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Jobs in Holiday: what the 2,914 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holiday, 2013 → 2023: 2,330 → 2,914. 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 Holiday’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Holiday: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holiday workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,325 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
The commute from Holiday, by distance
About 23% 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.
The commute in Holiday is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,683 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 63% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 7.3% of Holiday households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Holiday’s commuters take a bus or train.
Holiday next to U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000: 1,473rd of 1,712 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,471 | Pendleton OR | 16,989 | $67K | 15.0% | 4.9% | 47% | C |
| 1,472 | Garfield Heights OH | 28,790 | $55K | 22.0% | 8.4% | 6% | C |
| 1,473 | Holiday FL | 22,785 | $48K | 19.3% | 4.8% | 3% | C |
| 1,474 | Dolton IL | 20,671 | $58K | 21.7% | 12.8% | 3% | C |
| 1,475 | Flint Township MI | 30,844 | $62K | 17.6% | 9.1% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Holiday, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Holiday and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Tarpon Springs (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holiday workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday | – | C | B+ | 30 min | $48,186 |
| Elfers | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 31 min | $56,054 |
| Key Vista | under 3% | B+ | D | 31 min | $75,114 |
| Tarpon Springs | 5% | B | B+ | 29 min | $79,529 |
| Beacon Square | under 3% | C | B+ | 29 min | $56,650 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holiday’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 Holiday: questions
What is the median household income in Holiday?
$48,186 (±$3,292) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holiday?
19.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holiday?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holiday work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (7%, 22 mi), Palm Harbor (5%, 7 mi), Tarpon Springs (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holiday walkable?
Holiday is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holiday without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holiday, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holiday
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.