Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hollis works elsewhere
There are 1,000 jobs in Hollis, against 2,599 working residents. The two grades for Hollis are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 6% stay in Hollis for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (19%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hollis, in brief
Hollis makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Hollis are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hollis residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Hollis empties out on a workday
About 3,400 people are in Hollis on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 5,000 who live here: 2,400 head out to work and 830 come in. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hollis
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hollis is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #13 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Hollis’ grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hollis could be anywhere from B− to A.
66% of the jobs in Hollis make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollis, 2013 → 2023: 792 → 1,000. 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 Hollis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Hollis: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,432 residents head out to work, 167 work right here, and 833 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Hollis on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The places Hollis commutes to
Where Hollis clocks in
19% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollis workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,304 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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.
Where in the region Hollis works
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 Hollis, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hollis is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #89 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,738 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). 0.5% of Hollis households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hollis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800, Hollis ranks 772nd of 3,758 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 346 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 742 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
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| 770 | White Deer Township PA | 4,363 | $84K | 3.6% | 1.8% | 5% | A− |
| 771 | Whiskey Creek FL | 5,371 | $104K | 7.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A− |
| 772 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 773 | Hinesburg VT | 4,675 | $113K | 8.5% | 0.6% | 11% | A− |
| 774 | Tangerine FL | 4,326 | $106K | 6.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
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| 782 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Hollis, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns around Hollis
The biggest share goes to Buxton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis | – | A− | C | 29 min | $95,950 |
| Dayton | under 3% | A | C | 31 min | $113,750 |
| Buxton | 4% | A | C | 34 min | $100,144 |
| Standish | under 3% | A− | B− | 29 min | $104,593 |
| Waterboro | under 3% | B+ | D | 35 min | $89,392 |
| Limington | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $84,675 |
| Lyman | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $87,284 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hollis’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 Hollis: questions
What is the median household income in Hollis?
$95,950 (±$24,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollis?
5.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollis?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollis work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (19%, 22 mi), Scarborough (9%, 15 mi), South Portland (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hollis walkable?
Hollis is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hollis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollis
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.