Holland Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Holland: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Holland spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 115 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% less time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 7.6 minutes.
Holland holds about 0.3% of Michigan's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Holland would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,423 at the same national wage assumption used above.
| Area | One-Way Commute | Daily Round-Trip | Yearly Time Spent | Estimated Yearly Cost | Local Road Traffic (VPD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | 13.8 min | 27.5 min | 115 hrs/yr | $3,557 | 3,386 |
| Michigan | 21.3 min | 42.6 min | 178 hrs/yr | $5,509 | 1,585 |
| United States | 22.4 min | 44.8 min | 187 hrs/yr | $5,790 | 1,355 |
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.
Holland Commute Map
On average, it takes 13.8 minutes to get to work in Holland. That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 8.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Holland
- Car: 78.6%
- Walked: 10.0% unusually high
- Worked at Home: 8.7%
- Bicycle: 1.0%
- Motorcycle: 0.8% unusually high
- Public Transportation: 0.4%
- Other: 0.3%
- Taxi: 0.3%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Holland: 11.7 times more than the Michigan average (0.8% vs 0.1%).
Walking is unusually common in Holland: 5.0 times more than the Michigan average (10.0% vs 2.0%).
Holland stands out for active commuting: 11.0% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.7 times the Michigan average of 2.3%.
Commute Mode Trends in Holland, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Holland get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Walked | Worked at Home | Bicycle | Motorcycle | Public Transportation | Taxi | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 86.6% | 6.9% | 3.7% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 84.8% | 8.9% | 3.8% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 85.6% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2012 | 85.6% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 85.6% | 7.3% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 85.8% | 7.3% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 86.4% | 7.1% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 85.2% | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | 7.3% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 85.6% | 7.8% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| 2020 | 83.5% | 8.0% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 82.7% | 8.3% | 5.9% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 81.0% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 79.9% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 78.6% | 10.0% | 8.7% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 86.6% in 2009 to 78.6% in 2024, down 8.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Holland: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.4% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Holland
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Holland?
The bars show when commuters in Holland leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Michigan for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
| 12:00-4:59 AM |
12:00-4:59 AM
Holland3.0%
Michigan5.3%
|
3.0% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Holland1.7%
Michigan3.9%
|
1.7% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Holland6.9%
Michigan5.1%
|
6.9% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Holland6.6%
Michigan8.0%
|
6.6% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Holland9.5%
Michigan9.0%
|
9.5% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Holland14.8%
Michigan13.0%
|
14.8% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Holland11.6%
Michigan12.1%
|
11.6% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Holland7.2%
Michigan10.9%
|
7.2% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Holland4.9%
Michigan5.6%
|
4.9% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Holland5.8%
Michigan6.7%
|
5.8% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Holland2.7%
Michigan3.2%
|
2.7% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Holland2.0%
Michigan1.6%
|
2.0% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Holland12.7%
Michigan8.5%
|
12.7% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Holland10.5%
Michigan7.1%
|
10.5% |
Holland Michigan Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Holland is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Michigan. Early starts are less common than in Michigan: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush looks much like Michigan's: 43.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Holland, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Holland Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Holland next to Michigan and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Holland | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:53 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:59 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:58 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 8:03 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:57 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:59 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:56 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 8:00 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:55 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:56 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:49 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:55 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:53 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:51 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:46 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:49 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Holland were on the road by 7:49 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:53 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Holland now leave 12 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Holland's commute time compare?
| Metric | Holland | Michigan | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 13.8 min | 21.3 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM |
| Secondary Departure Window | 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 8.7% | 13.5% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 10.0% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Holland is 13.8 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 10.0% commute by walking, higher than the 2.0% in Michigan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Holland, Michigan.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Holland, Michigan?
Commuters here spend an estimated 115 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,557 at a typical national wage. That's 35% less than the typical Michigan commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Holland, Michigan?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Holland, Michigan. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.