Holmen has lower unemployment (0.3%) than 98% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Holmen itself; outside it, La Crosse draws the most (42%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Holmen A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Holmen and work: the main findings
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Holmen
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Holmen is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #167 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holmen could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Out of Holmen to work: where people go
Where Holmen clocks in
42% of workers
3% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Holmen
On a workday 4,717 residents head out to work, 493 work right here, and 2,238 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Holmen on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Holmen: what the 2,731 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holmen, 2013 → 2023: 2,439 → 2,731. 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 Holmen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Holmen takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holmen workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,366 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Holmen
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 Holmen start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holmen is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #192 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,144 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.5% of Holmen households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Holmen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holmen is 816th among 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 814 | Caldwell NJ | 9,375 | $97K | 8.0% | 4.4% | 3% | A− |
| 815 | Perkasie PA | 9,312 | $94K | 6.7% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| 816 | Holmen WI | 12,105 | $80K | 6.0% | 0.3% | 9% | A− |
| 817 | Weston WI | 15,931 | $78K | 5.5% | 1.7% | 16% | A− |
| 818 | New Garden Township PA | 11,469 | $121K | 9.1% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Holmen, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 17% of Holmen’s workers
The biggest share goes to Onalaska (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Holmen’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 Holmen: questions
What is the median household income in Holmen?
$79,899 (±$9,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holmen?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holmen?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holmen work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (42%, 10 mi), Onalaska (15%, 6 mi), West Salem (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holmen walkable?
Holmen is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holmen 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 Holmen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holmen
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.