Work & commute · Study Butte

Work & commute in Study Butte, TX

Most working residents leave Study Butte for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alpine (24%), Marathon (9%) and Killeen (5%). Half commute less than 72 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

72 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64 Study Butte residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Study Butte.

64live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Study Butte goes to work

Alpine71.4 mi away

24%16

Marathon63.9 mi away

9%6

Killeen367.2 mi away

5%3

Presidio51.9 mi away

3%2

Study Butte (in town)right here

3%2

Fort Davis88.5 mi away

3%2

Hobbs, NM235.6 mi away

2%1

Roscoe279.1 mi away

2%1

Canton506.3 mi away

2%1

Andrews214.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%31

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

How far

How far Study Butte commutes

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

83%

8%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

83%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Study Butte is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Study Butte are

178 jobs are based in Study Butte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Study Butte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Study Butte

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Study Butte residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+709%

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.

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.