Panther Junction Mission 66 Historic District · Photo: John Cummings · CC BY-SA 3.0Study Butte has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 176 people commute in to work
There are 178 jobs in Study Butte; 66 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Study Butte for work; outside it, Alpine is the main destination (24%, 71 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Study Butte: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 64 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 230 people are in Study Butte on a workday afternoon, 98% 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.
Who travels to work in Study Butte, and from where
Where Study Butte clocks in
24% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Study Butte
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Study Butte, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 178. 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 Study Butte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Study Butte’s commute takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Study Butte workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Study Butte commutes
About 83% 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.
Study Butte and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Study Butte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Butte | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Terlingua | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Terlingua: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Study Butte’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 Study Butte: questions
What is the poverty rate in Study Butte?
1.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Study Butte?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Study Butte work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpine (24%, 71 mi), Marathon (9%, 64 mi), Killeen (5%, 367 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Study Butte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Study Butte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Study Butte
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.