Work & commute · Canyon Lake

Work & commute in Canyon Lake, TX

Most working residents leave Canyon Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (25%), New Braunfels (14%) and Austin (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,094 of 13,618 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,524 Canyon Lake residents head out of town to work, 1,094 work right here, and 2,521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canyon Lake.

12,524live here, work elsewhere

1,094live and work here

2,521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canyon Lake goes to work

San Antonio32.6 mi away

25%3,411

New Braunfels15 mi away

14%1,860

Austin42.1 mi away

9%1,241

Canyon Lake (in town)right here

8%1,094

Houston172.3 mi away

4%518

San Marcos19.4 mi away

4%515

Schertz21.6 mi away

1%193

Bulverde12.5 mi away

1%188

Seguin26.4 mi away

1%131

Dallas220 mi away

1%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%4,349

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

How far

How far Canyon Lake commutes

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

12%

33%

35%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canyon Lake is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canyon Lake are

3,615 jobs are based in Canyon Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canyon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canyon Lake

3,615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Canyon Lake residents hold

13,618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+80%

Jobs based in Canyon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,009 → 3,615. 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.