Work & commute · Holton

Work & commute in Holton, MI

Most working residents leave Holton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (13%), Grand Rapids (6%) and Whitehall (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,029 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 984 Holton residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holton.

984live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holton goes to work

Muskegon16.3 mi away

13%129

Grand Rapids39 mi away

6%64

Whitehall12.7 mi away

6%62

Norton Shores19.4 mi away

6%60

Holton (in town)right here

4%45

Fremont7.1 mi away

4%39

Spring Lake25.8 mi away

3%35

Grand Haven26.7 mi away

3%26

Muskegon12.8 mi away

2%24

Grand Haven30.2 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%524

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

How far

How far Holton commutes

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

13%

45%

26%

16%

13%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holton is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holton are

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

Jobs based in Holton

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Holton residents hold

1,029 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+67%

Jobs based in Holton, 2011 → 2021: 137 → 229. 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.