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 (16%), Zeeland (10%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

3,908 of 14,369 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 10,461 Holland residents head out of town to work, 3,908 work right here, and 21,043 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holland.

10,461live here, work elsewhere

3,908live and work here

21,043work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holland goes to work

Holland (in town)right here

27%3,908

Holland3.8 mi away

16%2,344

Zeeland5.4 mi away

10%1,418

Grand Rapids26.1 mi away

6%898

Kentwood26.9 mi away

2%264

Walker23.5 mi away

2%253

Wyoming21.6 mi away

2%241

Zeeland7.8 mi away

2%232

Olive8.9 mi away

1%189

Grandville19.8 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%4,486

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.

58%

13%

15%

13%

58%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holland is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Holland are

24,951 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

24,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Holland residents hold

14,369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Holland, 2011 → 2021: 25,733 → 24,951. 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.