Holley is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,727 people and two associated neighborhoods, Holley is the 634th largest community in New York. Holley has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Holley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Holley is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Holley who work in teaching (12.04%), office and administrative support (10.53%), and healthcare (9.83%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.79% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Being a small village, Holley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Holley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.63% of adults in Holley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Holley in 2022 was $35,325, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,300 for a family of four. However, Holley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Holley is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Holley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Holley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.59% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Holley include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Holley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
