Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY 2.5At 7.5%, unemployment in Holly Hill is higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Holly Hill are C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Holly Hill is behind 81% of U.S. towns. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 2.0 in Deltona.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Holly Hill in brief
Holly Hill trades workers with the towns around it
Holly Hill has about as many jobs (4,303) as working residents (5,000), but they are mostly different people: 4,699 residents leave for work each day while 4,002 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Holly Hill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Holly Hill works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Holly Hill: Daytona Beach (25%) and Ormond Beach (12%). Next door ↓
Fewer than half of Holly Hill workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Holly Hill’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Holly Hill’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holly Hill is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #569 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Holly Hill’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holly Hill could be anywhere from D to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Holly Hill
On a workday 4,699 residents head out to work, 301 work right here, and 4,002 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 (0.86 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.
In Holly Hill, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,303 jobs are based in Holly Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holly Hill, 2013 → 2023: 4,004 → 4,303. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Daytona Beach
Where Holly Hill clocks in
25% of workers
12% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Holly Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holly Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,184 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Holly Hill
About 31% 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.
Holly Hill is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holly Hill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #44 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Holly Hill 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 5,544 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 12.5% of Holly Hill households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Holly Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Holly Hill next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000: 2,191st of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,189 | Wilkinsburg PA | 13,602 | $46K | 20.4% | 11.2% | 3% | C− |
| 2,190 | Newman CA | 12,453 | $79K | 12.2% | 11.0% | 13% | C− |
| 2,191 | Holly Hill FL | 13,268 | $55K | 21.5% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 2,192 | Clarksburg WV | 15,562 | $47K | 23.5% | 4.4% | 22% | C− |
| 2,193 | Bayou Blue LA | 12,218 | $64K | 23.9% | 5.3% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | 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 Holly Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 37% of Holly Hill
The biggest share goes to Daytona Beach (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holly Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Hill | – | C− | A | 24 min | $55,412 |
| Ormond Beach | 12% | B | B+ | 22 min | $69,177 |
| Daytona Beach | 25% | C | A | 21 min | $52,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holly Hill’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 Holly Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Holly Hill?
$55,412 (±$6,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holly Hill?
21.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holly Hill?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holly Hill work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Daytona Beach (25%, 5 mi), Ormond Beach (12%, 5 mi), Port Orange (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holly Hill walkable?
Holly Hill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holly Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holly Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holly Hill
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.