Red Hills · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Hollymead have higher incomes than those in 87% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Hollymead itself; outside it, Charlottesville draws the most (20%, 6 miles). The poverty rate is 4.3%, next to 9.9% for Virginia as a whole. For jobs and income Hollymead is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hollymead in brief
Hollymead trades workers with the towns around it
Hollymead has about as many jobs (3,382) as working residents (3,528), but they are mostly different people: 3,311 residents leave for work each day while 3,165 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Hollymead are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Hollymead residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Where Hollymead’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($118,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hollymead could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Hollymead by day and by night
On a workday 3,311 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 3,165 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 (0.96 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.
How far it is to work from Hollymead
About 24% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Hollymead’s working residents head each day
Where Hollymead clocks in
20% 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.
What work there is in Hollymead: 3,382 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollymead, 2013 → 2023: 3,004 → 3,382. 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 Hollymead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hollymead, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollymead workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,950 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Hollymead is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,717 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 3.7% of Hollymead households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hollymead’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hollymead is 547th among 3,015 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 5 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 545 | East Cocalico Township PA | 11,124 | $97K | 4.4% | 3.2% | 14% | A |
| 546 | Santa Rita Ranch TX | 6,586 | $161K | 0.9% | 5.9% | 1% | A |
| 547 | Hollymead VA | 8,482 | $118K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| 548 | Bedminster Township NJ | 8,285 | $124K | 5.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| 549 | Rockcreek OR | 9,223 | $107K | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hollymead, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Hollymead and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollymead workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollymead | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $118,250 |
| Piney Mountain | under 1% | A+ | C | 22 min | $138,636 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hollymead’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 Hollymead: questions
What is the median household income in Hollymead?
$118,250 (±$17,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollymead?
4.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollymead?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollymead work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (20%, 6 mi), University of Virginia (15%, 8 mi), Rio (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hollymead walkable?
Hollymead is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollymead without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hollymead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollymead
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.