Most of Holiday Valley commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 246 jobs in Holiday Valley, and 578 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Holiday Valley is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Holiday Valley; the top destination outside it is Springfield (10%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Holiday Valley’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($91,705, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Holiday Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holiday Valley could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How a workday changes Holiday Valley
On a workday 572 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Holiday Valley on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Holiday Valley’s residents
Where Holiday Valley clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holiday Valley, 2014 → 2024: 207 → 246. 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 Holiday Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holiday Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Holiday Valley’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Holiday Valley is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 663 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). 0.0% of Holiday Valley households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holiday Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holiday Valley is 292nd among 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Wakarusa Township KS | 2,173 | $99K | 3.7% | 2.2% | 2% | A |
| 291 | Crystal Lawns IL | 1,766 | $82K | 7.0% | 0.9% | 0% | A |
| 292 | Holiday Valley OH | 1,660 | $92K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 293 | Gilbert IA | 1,389 | $123K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| 294 | Beechwood Village KY | 1,297 | $118K | 8.7% | 1.9% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Holiday Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Holiday Valley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holiday Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Valley | – | A | D | 25 min | $91,705 |
| Green Meadows | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $73,281 |
| Bath Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 21 min | $62,856 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holiday Valley’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 Holiday Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Holiday Valley?
$91,705 (±$24,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holiday Valley?
3.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holiday Valley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holiday Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (10%, 10 mi), Dayton (9%, 14 mi), Columbus (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Holiday Valley walkable?
Holiday Valley is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holiday Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holiday Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holiday Valley
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.