Buchanan Lake VillageTX
With 425 residents, it is a town in Texas.
Is Buchanan Lake Village a good place to live?
Buchanan Lake Village’s average commute is 40 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 643 in Texas we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Buchanan Lake Village. Buchanan Lake Village has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
425 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Buchanan Lake Village: who provides what
Buchanan Lake Village is unincorporated, so Llano County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Buchanan Lake Village.
Most of Buchanan Lake Village’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Austin (19%), Llano (12%) and Marble Falls (3%). For residents in Buchanan Lake Village, the share who live below the poverty line is 26%. The median commute is under 56 miles.
| Buchanan Lake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Buchanan Lake Village: inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Buchanan Lake Village comes to 69 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 68% come from inland flooding and 8% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Buchanan Lake Village
July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 36° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Buchanan Lake Village stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
In Buchanan Lake Village, just over a quarter of adults get no exercise outside work. Of 31 CDC measures, Buchanan Lake Village beats the Texas average on 12 and trails it on 8. 14% of adults in Buchanan Lake Village report frequent mental distress; 82% had a checkup this year.
| Buchanan Lake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 74% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Buchanan Lake Village | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.2% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Buchanan Lake Village sells for about $251K at the median
Among households in Buchanan Lake Village, 89% live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Buchanan Lake Village
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Buchanan Lake Village; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Buchanan Lake Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
100% of working residents leave Buchanan Lake Village for work
Where Buchanan Lake Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Buchanan Lake Village
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Buchanan Lake Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Llano County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Buchanan Lake Village had a population of 720.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,060 ft
Questions about Buchanan Lake Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Buchanan Lake Village, TX a good place to live?
Buchanan Lake Village has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.