Photo: Derrellwilliams · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Holladay earn more than those in 87% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 14.8 in Salt Lake City. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 8.5% across Utah. The two grades for Holladay are A+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holladay: the figures worth knowing
Most Holladay residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 3% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Holladay and Salt Lake City trade workers both ways
Salt Lake City is the top workplace for Holladay residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Holladay come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Holladay has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Holladay went from 7,569 in 2013 to 11,126 in 2023, +47%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Holladay earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holladay is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #10 of 119 in Utah. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holladay could be anywhere from A to A+.
How far it is to work from Holladay
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.
34% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Holladay clocks in
34% 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
11,126 jobs are based in Holladay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holladay, 2013 → 2023: 7,569 → 11,126. 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 Holladay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Holladay, and who commutes in
On a workday 13,044 residents head out to work, 871 work right here, and 10,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
Commuting from Holladay: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holladay workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,655 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Holladay is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holladay is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #44 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,426 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 3.4% of Holladay households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Holladay’s commuters take a bus or train.
90th of 1,334: where Holladay ranks among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 42,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 89 | Wilmette IL | 27,459 | $191K | 3.2% | 4.2% | 7% | A+ |
| 90 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 91 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| 92 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Pleasant Grove UT | 37,773 | $101K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Holladay, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Holladay and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Murray (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holladay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holladay | – | A+ | A− | 20 min | $117,043 |
| Millcreek | 5% | A− | A | 21 min | $98,045 |
| Cottonwood Heights | 3% | A | A | 22 min | $119,422 |
| Murray | 6% | A− | A | 21 min | $90,746 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holladay’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 Holladay: questions
What is the median household income in Holladay?
$117,043 (±$10,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holladay?
4.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holladay?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holladay work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (34%, 10 mi), Murray (6%, 3 mi), Millcreek (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holladay walkable?
Holladay is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holladay without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holladay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holladay
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.