HollidayTX
A town of 1,733, settled in 1890.
Is Holliday a good place to live?
The best of Holliday’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and schools; the weakest is a C for health. Holliday’s July high is 97°F, against 95°F in Texas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Holliday City Park, at 20 acres. Holliday has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Holliday stand out
Where Holliday beats most towns.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Holliday El | PK–5 | 494 |
| Holliday Middle | 6–8 | 261 |
| Holliday H S | 9–12 | 365 |
Holliday has shrunk 1% since 2010
1,758 counted in 2010 and 1,524 in 2020; an estimated 1,733 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Holliday grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Holliday is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Holliday: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Holliday, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holliday.
Public schools in Holliday beat 86% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Holliday ISD. Its three schools are below. The largest public high school is Holliday H S, with 365 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 494 | A− |
| Holliday H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 365 | A+ |
| Holliday MiddleTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 261 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Homes in Holliday are worth about $174K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Holliday home is worth about $174,000, up 8.8% in a year, 41% below the Texas typical home. Holliday’s median rent is $779 a month, where Texas’ towns sit at $1,208 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Holliday | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $779 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
About two in five of Holliday’s working residents commute to Wichita Falls
Most working residents leave Holliday for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Holliday has added 116 jobs, to 316 in 2023. The average trip to work in Holliday is 29 minutes.
| Holliday | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Holliday are less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
Holliday beats the Texas average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 25% of Holliday adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Holliday | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Holliday | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.7% | 19.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Holliday
Holliday has mild winters and hot summers. Holliday’s January low is 31°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Drought leads a moderate hazard risk in Holliday
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 2015, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Holliday.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Holliday City Park | 0.7 mi | 20 |
| 2. Finnell Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Holliday
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Holliday
About 4 of every 100 Holliday residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
96% of working residents leave Holliday for work
Where Holliday’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Holliday
City in Texas, United States
Holliday is a city in Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,524 at the 2020 census, down from 1,758 at the 2010 census. The town is named for nearby Holliday Creek, named in turn for John Holliday, a member of a Republic of Texas military expedition.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,053 ft
- ZIP code
- 76366
- Area code
- 940
Questions about Holliday
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holliday, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
What is Holliday, TX known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Doyald Young and David A. Thomas.