Lena N. Gale Cabin · Photo: Semiautonomous · CC BY-SA 4.0Zephyr Cove draws 241 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Zephyr Cove for work; outside it, Reno is the main destination (16%, 37 miles). Zephyr Cove has 242 jobs, against 107 working residents. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, next to 25 for Nevada and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Zephyr Cove by day
On a workday 106 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 700 people are in Zephyr Cove on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Zephyr Cove’s workforce comes from
Where Zephyr Cove clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Zephyr Cove, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zephyr Cove, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 242. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zephyr Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Zephyr Cove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zephyr Cove workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Zephyr Cove works
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
14% of Zephyr Cove works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Kingsbury (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Zephyr Cove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zephyr Cove | – | — | — | 22 min | $139,048 |
| Round Hill Village | 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Skyland | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Kingsbury | 7% | B+ | A− | 26 min | $96,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Round Hill Village and Skyland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Zephyr Cove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Zephyr Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Zephyr Cove?
$139,048 (±$53,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zephyr Cove?
0.0%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zephyr Cove?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zephyr Cove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (16%, 37 mi), Stateline (10%, 3 mi), South Lake Tahoe (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Zephyr Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zephyr Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zephyr Cove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.