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Work & commute in Holland · A commuter town

100% of Holland’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Holland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (33%), Abilene (12%) and Solomon (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 43 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than KS (20 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than KS (12%)
Jobs based here
16
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Holland?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

33% of working residents work in Salina

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Solomon: 4 residents work here (9%)Lyndon: 1 residents work here (2%)White City: 1 residents work here (2%)Oswego: 1 residents work here (2%)Wamego: 2 residents work here (5%)Garnett: 1 residents work here (2%)Clay CenterAbilene: 5 residents work here (12%)Salina: 14 residents work here (33%)Manhattan: 2 residents work here (5%)GrantHollandVinitaLincolnBannerLoganGypsumLincoln: 2 residents work here (5%)NewbernJeffersonWheatlandPilsenSalinaAbileneSolomonWamegoManhattanLincolnHolland
1
Salina19.4 mi away
33%14
2
Abilene19.7 mi away
12%5
3
Solomon19 mi away
9%4
4
Wamego66.6 mi away
5%2
5
Manhattan53.6 mi away
5%2
6
Lincoln18.1 mi away
5%2
7
Lyndon88.4 mi away
2%1
8
White City33.2 mi away
2%1
9
Oswego158.1 mi away
2%1
10
Garnett115.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%10
The top trips

Where Holland clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Holland quiets down on a workday

On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

43live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night83
Workday56
83live here− 43head out to work+ 16come in to work= 56on a workday

About 56 people are in Holland on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.37 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.

How far

Half of Holland commutes less than 20 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSalina: 33% · 19.4 miAbilene: 12% · 19.7 miSolomon: 9% · 19 miWamego: 5% · 66.6 miManhattan: 5% · 53.6 miLincoln: 5% · 18.1 miLyndon: 2% · 88.4 miWhite City: 2% · 33.2 miOswego: 2% · 158.1 miGarnett: 2% · 115.3 miSalina 33%Abilene 12%Solomon 9%Wamego 5%Manhattan 5%Holland
HollandTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
63%10–24 mi27 residents
5%25–50 mi2 residents
33%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 33% 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.

The jobs

75% of the jobs in Holland pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in HollandJobs Holland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%35%
Trade, transport & utilities100%12%
Services: health, schools, offices0%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%21%
Over $3,333 a month75%60%

Who does it

29 or younger38%23%
30 to 5431%53%
55 and older31%23%
+0%

Jobs based in Holland, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 16. 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.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, about the KS average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
147 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Holland19 min
Kansas20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Holland workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

Holland and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Holland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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