Early vs Zephyr

A side-by-side comparison of Early and Zephyr: population, income, housing, and more.

Early and Zephyr are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Early has the higher population (3,159 vs 215 in Zephyr). Early has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $29,543 in Zephyr). Early has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $65,000 in Zephyr).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Zephyr
Population	3,159	215
Median age	36.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$29,543
Median home value	$170,700	$65,000
Median gross rent	$1,137	$850
Housing units	1,312	110
Homeownership rate	71.1%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Zephyr
Population	2,986 → 3,159 (+5.8%)	191 → 215 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$51,420 → $69,375 (+34.9%)	$27,468 → $29,543 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $170,700 (+54.8%)	$75,500 → $65,000 (-13.9%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,137 (+43.0%)	$720 → $850 (+18.1%)

Early

Population

2,9863,159

Median household income

$51,420$69,375

Median home value

$110,300$170,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,137

Zephyr

Population

191215

Median household income

$27,468$29,543

Median home value

$75,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$720$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Early	Zephyr
Under 5	8.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	15.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	4.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.6%
75 and over	9.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Zephyr
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Zephyr
No high school diploma	8.4%	34.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Zephyr
Drove alone	79.7%	93.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Zephyr
1-unit, detached	69.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Early	Zephyr
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1983	1974