Is Holland a good place to live?
The best of Holland’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Holland’s median rent is $2,105 a month, above both Wisconsin’s towns ($1,078 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The typical home is worth about $306K, 3.9 years of the Green Bay metro’s $79K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Holland State Wildlife Area, at 533 acres. Holland's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 80% of U.S. towns. Holland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Holland stand out
Where Holland beats most towns.
How Holland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Holland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Holland: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Holland, 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 Holland.
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Holland
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Holland.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Holland is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Holland beats the Wisconsin average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 21% of Holland adults binge drink, above both the Wisconsin town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Holland.
| Holland | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Holland | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Holland
Holland has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Holland is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Holland’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Holland for work: only 4% work in town. Holland’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Holland grew to 596 in 2023, 67 more than in 2013.
| Holland | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Holland | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Holland State Wildlife Area | — | 533 |
| 2. Hollandtown Community Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lambeau Field and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holland. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
24 mi LakeLake Winnebago
16 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
15 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
25 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
19 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement ParkPhoto credits
Lambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · USS Cobia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Holland
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Holland
About 2 of every 100 Holland residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Holland
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Holland is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,559 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Askeaton and Hollandtown are located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 768 ft
- Area code
- 920
Holland’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Holland.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Wrightstown | — | — | B | — | A | B+ |
| Buchanan | #107 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Brillion | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Morrison | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Maple Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Holland, Wrightstown, Brillion and Morrison have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Holland, Wrightstown, Buchanan, Brillion and Morrison report no FBI crime data of their own. Maple Grove isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Holland with a neighbor →
Questions about Holland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holland, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.