Holland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 34,006 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Holland is the 39th largest community in Michigan.
Also of interest is that Holland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Holland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One of the benefits of Holland is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.70 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The city of Holland is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.
In terms of college education, Holland is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.39% of adults in Holland have a college degree.
The per capita income in Holland in 2022 was $35,106, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,424 for a family of four. However, Holland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Holland is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Holland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Holland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Holland include Dutch, German, English, Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Holland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.