About Hollister

Hollister is a tiny city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 233 people and just one neighborhood, Hollister is the 111st largest community in Idaho.

Hollister is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hollister is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hollister who work in personal care services (18.07%), food service (10.84%), and business and financial occupations (8.43%).

Also of interest is that Hollister has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small city, Hollister does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Hollister Information and Demographics

The population of Hollister has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Hollister in 2000 was $11,870, which is low income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,480 for a family of four.

Hollister is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hollister home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hollister is White, followed by Native American. Hollister also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.18% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hollister include German, English, Irish, French, Norwegian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Hollister is English. Some people also speak Spanish.