Earning a living in Zephyr
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Texas has 14%. Hardly any work in Zephyr itself; outside it, Brownwood draws the most (31%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Zephyr by day
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Zephyr on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Zephyr: the destinations
Where Zephyr clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 62% of Zephyr’s jobs are in goods
37 jobs are based in Zephyr.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Zephyr’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zephyr workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Zephyr
About 41% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Zephyr?
$47,917 (±$44,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zephyr?
3.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zephyr?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zephyr work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brownwood (31%, 11 mi), Early (5%, 10 mi), Comanche (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Zephyr without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zephyr, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zephyr
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.