Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0Holts Summit has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%). Jobs and income earn Holts Summit A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 2% stay in Holts Summit for work; outside it, Jefferson City is the main destination (50%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holts Summit: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Holts Summit works in Jefferson City
1,058 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Jefferson City, 6.5 miles away. That’s 25 times as many as work in Holts Summit itself. The commute map ↓
Holts Summit is a place people come home to
There are 643 jobs based in Holts Summit, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holts Summit has about 3,300 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Holts Summit are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Holts Summit’s own working residents. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Holts Summit
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holts Summit is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #53 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Holts Summit’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. 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, Holts Summit could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The places Holts Summit commutes to
Where Holts Summit clocks in
50% of workers
10% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Holts Summit
On a workday 2,083 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 593 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Holts Summit on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
The kinds of work in Holts Summit
643 jobs are based in Holts Summit.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holts Summit, 2013 → 2023: 692 → 643. 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 Holts Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Holts Summit’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holts Summit workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,233 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
How far it is to work from Holts Summit
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Holts Summit start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holts Summit is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #247 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Holts Summit 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 2,343 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). 3.0% of Holts Summit households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holts Summit’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holts Summit is 725th among 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 723 | Euharlee GA | 4,202 | $100K | 2.9% | 1.9% | 1% | A− |
| 724 | Sergeant Bluff IA | 5,324 | $123K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 725 | Holts Summit MO | 4,773 | $85K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 726 | Moxee WA | 4,765 | $101K | 7.8% | 0.8% | 7% | A− |
| 727 | Hopewell Township PA | 5,600 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Holts Summit, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Holts Summit: questions
What is the median household income in Holts Summit?
$85,064 (±$9,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holts Summit?
4.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holts Summit?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holts Summit work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson City (50%, 6 mi), Columbia (10%, 24 mi), Fulton (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holts Summit walkable?
Holts Summit is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holts Summit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holts Summit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holts Summit
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.