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Jobs & commute in Cade Lakes

Cade Lakes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 1 jobs are based in Cade Lakes for 282 working residents. Hardly any work in Cade Lakes; the top destination outside it is Bryan (11%, 26 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Cade Lakes at work: what stands out

Cade Lakes is a place people come home to

There are 1 jobs based in Cade Lakes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cade Lakes has about 48 people in it, 85% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

A big share show a job far from home

54% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓

Cade Lakes’ biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Cade Lakes is Bryan, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (31) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Cade Lakes quiets down on a workday

On a workday 282 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

282live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night330
Workday48
330live here− 280head out to work+ 1come in to work= 48on a workday

About 48 people are in Cade Lakes on a workday afternoon, 85% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Cade Lakes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBryan: 11% · 25.6 miHouston: 11% · 96.9 miCaldwell: 11% · 4.5 miAustin: 8% · 60.3 miCollege Station: 7% · 28.8 miTemple: 2% · 54.7 miRound Rock: 1% · 53 miGiddings: 1% · 24.7 miWharton: 1% · 92 miSnook: 1% · 18 miBryan 11%Houston 11%Caldwell 11%Austin 8%Cade Lakes
Cade LakesTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi49 residents
9%10–24 mi26 residents
20%25–50 mi56 residents
54%Over 50 mi151 residents

About 54% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

The commute map

Where Cade Lakes goes to work

Snook: 2 residents work here (1%)Caldwell: 30 residents work here (11%)Giddings: 3 residents work here (1%)Wharton: 3 residents work here (1%)Round Rock: 4 residents work here (1%)Bryan: 31 residents work here (11%)Austin: 23 residents work here (8%)Temple: 6 residents work here (2%)Houston: 31 residents work here (11%)College Station: 19 residents work here (7%)Cade LakesBryanHoustonCaldwellAustinCollege StationTempleCade Lakes
1
Bryan25.6 mi away
11%31
2
Houston96.9 mi away
11%31
3
Caldwell4.5 mi away
11%30
4
Austin60.3 mi away
8%23
5
College Station28.8 mi away
7%19
6
Temple54.7 mi away
2%6
7
Round Rock53 mi away
1%4
8
Giddings24.7 mi away
1%3
9
Wharton92 mi away
1%3
10
Snook18 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%130
The top trips

Where Cade Lakes clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Cade Lakes make or build things

Jobs based in Cade LakesJobs Cade Lakes residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices0%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%33%
Over $3,333 a month0%54%

Who does it

29 or younger100%24%
30 to 540%46%
55 and older0%30%
−67%

Jobs based in Cade Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cade Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cade Lakes

Working from home
31%

of Cade Lakes workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Cade Lakes gets to work
66%Drive alone
34%Carpool

Share of the 139 commuters (the 31% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cade Lakes: questions

What is the median household income in Cade Lakes?

$58,750 (±$20,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cade Lakes?

31.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cade Lakes work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (11%, 26 mi), Houston (11%, 97 mi), Caldwell (11%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cade Lakes without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cade Lakes, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cade Lakes

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.