Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Holland
The two grades for Holland are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% stay in Holland for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (11%, 18 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Holland: the figures worth knowing
Holland makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Holland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Holland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Holland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 767 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Holland’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Holland is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Holland’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($74,706, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Holland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holland could be anywhere from B− to A.
Making and building: 68% of jobs based in Holland
596 jobs are based in Holland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holland, 2013 → 2023: 529 → 596. 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.
How long Holland spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 707 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
How a workday changes Holland
On a workday 733 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 562 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Holland on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
Where Holland’s working residents head each day
Where Holland clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Miles to work from Holland
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Holland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holland is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 778 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Holland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Holland ranks 946th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 944 | Greer Township IN | 1,939 | $111K | 6.0% | 4.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 945 | Lecompton Township KS | 1,689 | $96K | 7.9% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 946 | Holland WI | 1,538 | $75K | 3.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 947 | Calumet WI | 1,432 | $81K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 948 | Little Walnut Village NM | 1,445 | $125K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Holland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Holland: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Morrison (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | – | B+ | C− | 29 min | $74,706 |
| Wrightstown | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $108,047 |
| Buchanan | under 3% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $105,478 |
| Brillion | under 3% | A | C | 21 min | $91,250 |
| Morrison | 3% | A− | C | 26 min | $100,682 |
| Maple Grove | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$74,706 (±$18,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holland?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holland?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (11%, 18 mi), De Pere (8%, 11 mi), Appleton (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holland walkable?
Holland is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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. 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.