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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Holland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Holland is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Holland who work in office and administrative support (14.43%), teaching (7.92%), and healthcare (7.68%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.74% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Holland spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.70 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Holland is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.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.
