Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Most of Holland commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
62 jobs are based in Holland, against 238 working residents. Only 3% stay in Holland for work; outside it, Derby is the main destination (26%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Vermont as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holland, in a few figures
A lot of Holland works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Holland: Derby (26%) and Morgan (3%). Next door ↓
Holland is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Holland, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holland has about 440 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Holland
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Holland on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Holland’s residents
Where Holland clocks in
26% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 76% of the jobs in Holland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holland, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 62. 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 Holland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Holland, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holland workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Holland
About 22% 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.
The towns next door employ 29% of Holland
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Derby. Darker towns draw more of Holland’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 Holland: questions
What is the median household income in Holland?
$60,729 (±$16,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holland?
13.9%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holland?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derby (26%, 7 mi), Newport (21%, 11 mi), Barton (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holland
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.