With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Holway works elsewhere
46 jobs are based in Holway, and 389 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Holway for work; outside it, Medford is the main destination (33%, 9 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Holway: the gist
Holway is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Holway, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holway has about 590 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Holway and Medford trade workers both ways
Medford is the top workplace for Holway residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Holway come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Holway workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Holway: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 385 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Holway on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Commuting out of Holway: the destinations
Where Holway clocks in
3% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Holway’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holway workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 379 commuters (the 3% 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.
The kinds of work in Holway
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holway, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 46. 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 Holway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Holway works
About 25% 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.
Holway and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holway | – | — | — | 25 min | $73,750 |
| Maplehurst | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Little Black | 3% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $68,906 |
| Hammel | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Hoard | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maplehurst, Hammel and Hoard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Little Black. Darker towns draw more of Holway’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 Holway: questions
What is the median household income in Holway?
$73,750 (±$28,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holway?
22.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holway?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holway work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (33%, 9 mi), Colby (3%, 14 mi), Abbotsford (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holway
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.