One downside of living in Holden is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Holden, the average commute to work is 31.38 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Holden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Holden rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.21% of adults 25 and older in Holden have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Holden in 2018 was $26,032, which is middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,128 for a family of four. However, Holden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Holden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holden residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Holden include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Holden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
