Work & commute · Hollister

Work & commute in Hollister, CA

About one in 4 of Hollister’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Jose (8%), Gilroy (6%) and Salinas (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

3,795 of 15,912 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,117 Hollister residents head out of town to work, 3,795 work right here, and 5,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hollister.

12,117live here, work elsewhere

3,795live and work here

5,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hollister goes to work

Hollister (in town)right here

24%3,795

San Jose38.1 mi away

8%1,333

Gilroy14.6 mi away

6%968

Salinas17.3 mi away

6%959

Morgan Hill23.3 mi away

4%621

Watsonville21.1 mi away

2%386

San Francisco108.1 mi away

2%274

Monterey32 mi away

1%236

Santa Cruz36.1 mi away

1%168

Santa Clara47.1 mi away

1%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%7,012

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hollister commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

24%

20%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hollister is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hollister are

9,708 jobs are based in Hollister. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hollister’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hollister

9,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hollister residents hold

15,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+20%

Jobs based in Hollister, 2013 → 2023: 8,069 → 9,708. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.