Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Holland Township has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Holland Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. The poverty rate is 3.5%; New Jersey has 9.7%. Only 6% work in Holland Township; the top destination outside it is Raritan Township (7%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holland Township, in a few figures
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Holland Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holland Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #216 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Holland Township’s grade up ($136,875, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holland Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Holland Township’s working residents head each day
Where Holland Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 daily flow of workers through Holland Township
On a workday 2,319 residents head out to work, 145 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Holland Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
65% of the jobs in Holland Township pay over $3,333 a month
622 jobs are based in Holland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holland Township, 2013 → 2023: 590 → 622. 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 Holland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Holland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holland Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,978 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Holland Township
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 Holland Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holland Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #464 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Holland Township 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 2,381 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). 0.8% of Holland Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Holland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Holland Township next to U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100: 708th of 3,582 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 5 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 706 | Ellettsville IN | 6,840 | $90K | 5.9% | 1.3% | 6% | A− |
| 707 | Carr Township IN | 5,255 | $107K | 2.3% | 5.6% | 2% | A− |
| 708 | Holland Township NJ | 5,239 | $137K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| 709 | Lawrence Township OH | 5,913 | $81K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A− |
| 710 | Brecknock Township PA | 4,670 | $129K | 6.3% | 4.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Holland Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Holland Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alexandria Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Township | – | A− | D | 32 min | $136,875 |
| Pohatcong Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 35 min | $103,611 |
| Alexandria Township | 3% | B | D | 44 min | $160,354 |
| Finesville | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 35 min | $142,434 |
| Milford | under 2% | B | B+ | 33 min | $71,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Finesville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holland Township’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 Holland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Holland Township?
$136,875 (±$7,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holland Township?
3.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holland Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holland Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (7%, 12 mi), New York City (4%, 62 mi), Flemington (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holland Township walkable?
Holland Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holland Township without a car?
<1% 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 Holland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holland Township
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.