Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Holly has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Holly has 1,082 jobs, and 2,335 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Holly is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B). Only 6% work in Holly itself; outside it, Holly Township draws the most (7%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holly, in a few figures
Holly workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Holly’s commute
The biggest draw, Holly Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Holly residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Holly than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Holly fell from 1,484 in 2011 to 1,082 in 2021, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Jobs & income in Holly: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Holly’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,305, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holly could be anywhere from C to A−.
From Holly, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holly workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,604 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 the trip to work from Holly ends
Where Holly clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Holly
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holly, 2011 → 2021: 1,484 → 1,082. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Holly, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,195 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 942 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Holly on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2021, primary jobs.
How many miles Holly commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Holly is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,999 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.8% of Holly households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Holly next to U.S. towns of 4,100 to 8,000: 1,690th of 3,494 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,688 | Lafayette Township IL | 4,678 | $69K | 13.4% | 0.5% | 12% | B |
| 1,689 | Meraux LA | 7,918 | $76K | 21.7% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,690 | Holly MI | 5,906 | $64K | 8.5% | 4.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,691 | Laurel MT | 7,205 | $68K | 10.0% | 2.4% | 18% | B |
| 1,692 | Lafayette OR | 4,705 | $98K | 5.5% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,494 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Holly and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holly workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly | – | B | B | 35 min | $64,305 |
| Holly Township | 7% | B− | C+ | 35 min | $75,276 |
| Rose Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 40 min | $107,262 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Holly Township. Darker towns draw more of Holly’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 2021, 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?
$64,305 (±$6,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holly?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holly?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holly work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Holly Township (7%, 2 mi), Troy (6%, 28 mi), Auburn Hills (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Holly walkable?
Holly is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2021, 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.