Most of Callender Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Callender Lake report 43 jobs, against 365 working residents. Hardly any work in Callender Lake itself; outside it, Tyler draws the most (14%, 23 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Callender Lake at work: what stands out
Callender Lake is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Callender Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Callender Lake has about 420 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
Callender Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Callender Lake is Tyler, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (50) 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 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Callender Lake on a workday
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Callender Lake on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Callender Lake
About 38% 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.
Where Callender Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Callender Lake clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callender Lake, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 43. 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 Callender Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Callender Lake: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callender Lake workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 0% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Callender Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Callender Lake?
$44,444 (±$17,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callender Lake?
7.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callender Lake?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callender Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (14%, 23 mi), Athens (6%, 14 mi), Canton (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Callender Lake 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 Callender Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callender Lake
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.