Work & commute · Holland

Work & commute in Holland, MI

About one in 4 of Holland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Holland (18%), Zeeland (15%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

4,131 of 18,079 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 13,948 Holland residents head out of town to work, 4,131 work right here, and 20,353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holland.

13,948live here, work elsewhere

4,131live and work here

20,353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holland goes to work

Holland (in town)right here

23%4,131

Holland3.8 mi away

18%3,257

Zeeland3.2 mi away

15%2,763

Grand Rapids23.4 mi away

6%1,003

Zeeland6 mi away

2%400

Olive5.2 mi away

2%347

Kentwood24.9 mi away

2%335

Wyoming19.3 mi away

2%328

Walker20.2 mi away

1%228

Cascade30.1 mi away

1%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%5,107

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

How far

How far Holland commutes

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

63%

15%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Holland are

24,484 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 Holland

24,484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Holland residents hold

18,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+50%

Jobs based in Holland, 2011 → 2021: 16,337 → 24,484. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.