Household incomes in Holley are lower than in 67% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Holley; the top destination outside it is Rochester (15%, 21 miles). 10.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Jobs and income earn Holley B−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Holley stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
58% of the jobs in Holley are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Holley are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Holley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holley is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Holley’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,600, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holley could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What work there is in Holley: 585 jobs
585 jobs are based in Holley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holley, 2013 → 2023: 637 → 585. 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 Holley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Holley spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holley workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 12% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Holley
On a workday 714 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Holley on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Holley goes to work
Where Holley clocks in
15% 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.
Where in the region Holley works
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.
Driving is how Holley gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holley is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 998 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). 7.2% of Holley households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holley is 2,293rd among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,291 | Fairmont City IL | 2,154 | $48K | 33.7% | 1.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,292 | Hamilton IN | 1,559 | $70K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,293 | Holley NY | 1,726 | $65K | 10.6% | 3.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,294 | Siletz OR | 1,213 | $87K | 5.5% | 8.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,295 | Glen Rock PA | 2,129 | $87K | 8.2% | 8.8% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Holley, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 10% of Holley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Murray. Darker towns draw more of Holley’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 Holley: questions
What is the median household income in Holley?
$64,600 (±$6,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holley?
10.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holley?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holley work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (15%, 21 mi), Murray (10%, 3 mi), Sweden (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holley walkable?
Holley is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holley
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.