Work & commute · Zavalla

Work & commute in Zavalla, TX

Most working residents leave Zavalla for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lufkin (33%), Houston (8%) and Nacogdoches (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 199 Zavalla residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zavalla.

199live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zavalla goes to work

Lufkin21.6 mi away

33%67

Houston111 mi away

8%16

Zavalla (in town)right here

3%6

Nacogdoches34.2 mi away

3%6

Pineland27 mi away

2%5

Corrigan26.6 mi away

2%5

Dallas178 mi away

2%5

Huntington12.6 mi away

1%3

Diboll21.6 mi away

1%3

Henderson72.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%86

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

How far

How far Zavalla commutes

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

40%

15%

38%

7%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zavalla is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Zavalla are

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

Jobs based in Zavalla

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Zavalla residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−45%

Jobs based in Zavalla, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 91. 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.