Work & commute · Lake Tanglewood

Work & commute in Lake Tanglewood, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Tanglewood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Amarillo (53%), Canyon (12%) and Lubbock (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 303 Lake Tanglewood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Tanglewood.

303live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Tanglewood goes to work

Amarillo10.3 mi away

53%162

Canyon9 mi away

12%36

Lubbock103.4 mi away

4%11

Hereford38.6 mi away

1%3

Tulia35.8 mi away

1%2

Dumas56.6 mi away

1%2

Borger46.9 mi away

1%2

Austin403.5 mi away

1%2

Tyler417.5 mi away

1%2

Boulder, CO392.3 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%81

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

How far

How far Lake Tanglewood commutes

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

36%

46%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Tanglewood is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Tanglewood are

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

Jobs based in Lake Tanglewood

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lake Tanglewood residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−16%

Jobs based in Lake Tanglewood, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 70. 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.