Work & commute · Holiday Lake

Work & commute in Holiday Lake, IA

Most working residents leave Holiday Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brooklyn (15%), Grinnell (12%) and Victor (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 232 Holiday Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holiday Lake.

232live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holiday Lake goes to work

Brooklyn6 mi away

15%34

Grinnell15.1 mi away

12%28

Victor10.2 mi away

5%11

Montezuma16.7 mi away

3%8

Des Moines62 mi away

3%7

Williamsburg24.9 mi away

3%6

Newton31.4 mi away

2%5

Toledo13.6 mi away

2%4

Altoona54.2 mi away

2%4

Cedar Rapids41.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%121

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

How far

How far Holiday Lake commutes

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

31%

28%

16%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holiday Lake is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holiday Lake are

8 jobs are based in Holiday Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holiday Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holiday Lake

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Holiday Lake residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−33%

Jobs based in Holiday Lake, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 8. 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.