Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Holland commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Holland has 874 jobs for 1,585 working residents. The two grades for Holland are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Holland stands out on work
Holland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Holland is Buffalo, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (224) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Holland workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Holland makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Holland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Holland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Holland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holland is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #402 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Holland’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($66,198, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holland could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Half of Holland commutes less than 20 miles
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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Holland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holland workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Holland works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holland, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 874. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Holland
On a workday 1,417 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 706 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Holland on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
14% of working residents work in Buffalo
Where Holland clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
In Holland, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holland is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #461 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,421 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). 17.5% of Holland households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Holland’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,134th of 4,453: where Holland ranks among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 10 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,132 | South Bloomfield OH | 4,164 | $76K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,133 | Voluntown CT | 2,653 | $102K | 7.3% | 5.7% | 10% | B− |
| 2,134 | Holland NY | 3,254 | $66K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,135 | Adams Township OH | 3,319 | $69K | 13.6% | 1.9% | 7% | B− |
| 2,136 | Anahola HI | 3,067 | $101K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Holland compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Holland’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: questions
What is the median household income in Holland?
$66,198 (±$18,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holland?
6.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holland?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holland work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (14%, 23 mi), Amherst (8%, 26 mi), Aurora (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holland walkable?
Holland is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holland without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holland
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.