Work & commute · Zephyrhills

Work & commute in Zephyrhills, FL

Most working residents leave Zephyrhills for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Tampa (16%), Lakeland (4%) and Wesley Chapel (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

800 of 8,167 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,367 Zephyrhills residents head out of town to work, 800 work right here, and 7,784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zephyrhills.

7,367live here, work elsewhere

800live and work here

7,784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zephyrhills goes to work

Tampa26.1 mi away

16%1,277

Zephyrhills (in town)right here

10%800

Lakeland18.7 mi away

4%307

Wesley Chapel8.7 mi away

3%269

East Lake-Orient Park19.8 mi away

3%261

Dade City7.8 mi away

3%209

Plant City16 mi away

2%184

St. Petersburg43.6 mi away

2%153

University19.2 mi away

2%148

Brandon22.3 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,417

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Zephyrhills commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

35%

30%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zephyrhills is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zephyrhills are

8,584 jobs are based in Zephyrhills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zephyrhills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zephyrhills

8,584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Zephyrhills residents hold

8,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Zephyrhills, 2013 → 2023: 7,133 → 8,584. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.