With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Holley works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Holley is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Employers in Holley report 234 jobs for 930 working residents. Holley grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Holley apart on work
Holley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Holley is a place people come home to
There are 234 jobs based in Holley, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holley has about 1,800 people in it, 28% 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; with 930 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Holley’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Holley is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Holley’s grade up ($104,565, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Holley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holley could be anywhere from D to B+.
Getting to work from Holley takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holley workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 895 commuters (the 18% 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 daily commute in and out of Holley
On a workday 916 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Holley on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Navarre
Where Holley clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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 Holley, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holley, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 234. 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 Holley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Holley, by distance
About 15% 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.
In Holley, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holley is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,094 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). 10.1% of Holley households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holley is 2,442nd among 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,440 | Sterling KS | 2,303 | $55K | 5.7% | 2.4% | 33% | B− |
| 2,441 | Patton Village TX | 2,069 | $78K | 21.5% | 7.4% | <1% | B− |
| 2,442 | Holley FL | 2,487 | $105K | 8.5% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,443 | Arcola IL | 2,928 | $90K | 9.6% | 5.4% | 33% | B− |
| 2,444 | Rock Rapids IA | 2,733 | $64K | 6.5% | 3.8% | 38% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Holley, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Holley’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Navarre. Darker towns draw more of Holley’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 Holley: questions
What is the median household income in Holley?
$104,565 (±$43,355) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holley?
8.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holley?
42 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Navarre (13%, 3 mi), Pensacola (12%, 17 mi), Fort Walton Beach (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holley walkable?
Holley is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holley
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.