Nichols, Marion, Summer Home · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Hollis’ household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
29% of workers have no commute at all; New Hampshire has 17%. 1.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. For jobs and income Hollis is better than 97% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hollis: the figures worth knowing
Hollis and Nashua trade workers both ways
Nashua is the top workplace for Hollis residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Hollis come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Hollis
29% of Hollis workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Hollis’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income is its strongest input ($168,883, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hollis could be anywhere from A to A+.
22% of working residents work in Nashua
Where Hollis clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
From Hollis, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollis workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,308 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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 a workday changes Hollis
On a workday 3,398 residents head out to work, 361 work right here, and 1,809 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Hollis on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 2024, primary jobs.
70% of the jobs in Hollis pay over $3,333 a month
2,170 jobs are based in Hollis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollis, 2014 → 2024: 1,902 → 2,170. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hollis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hollis to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Hollis: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,658 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). 0.9% of Hollis households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hollis’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Hollis ranks: 134th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Barrington IL | 10,586 | $148K | 4.6% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 133 | Burr Ridge IL | 11,179 | $157K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 134 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| 135 | Harrison Township OH | 8,857 | $111K | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 136 | Marshall Township PA | 10,499 | $165K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Litchfield NH | 8,704 | $162K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 283 | Stratham NH | 7,735 | $152K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 31% of Hollis
The biggest share goes to Nashua (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis | – | A+ | C | 27 min | $168,883 |
| Nashua | 22% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $96,326 |
| Milford | 3% | A | B− | 27 min | $97,768 |
| Brookline | under 3% | A+ | C | 33 min | $171,046 |
| Merrimack | 6% | A+ | C | 27 min | $127,219 |
| Amherst | under 3% | A | C+ | 33 min | $153,196 |
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 2024, 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?
$168,883 (±$22,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollis?
1.9%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollis?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollis work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (22%, 5 mi), Manchester (8%, 18 mi), Merrimack (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hollis walkable?
Hollis is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollis without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.