Callender LakeTX
A town in Texas, home to 744 people.
Is Callender Lake a good place to live?
Callender Lake’s age of the median resident is 61.6 years, against 35.9 years in Texas’ towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Callender Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Callender Lake.
Fewer children than Texas overall
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 28%, against 34% across Texas.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.9 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 100% are men (TX 51%).
| Callender Lake | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 20.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.4% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 3.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 30.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 18.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.4% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 700, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Callender Lake’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Just 1% of Callender Lake’s working residents have a job in town. In Callender Lake, the median household income is $44,000. The town had 43 jobs in 2023, down 234 from 2013. The share of residents in Callender Lake who live below the poverty line: 7.8%.
| Callender Lake | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Callender Lake faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts 37% of Callender Lake’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to tornadoes. On expected storm and flood damage, Callender Lake sits below 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Callender Lake’s year
In Callender Lake, the midsummer high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Callender Lake is
Among adults in Callender Lake, 34% sleep under 7 hours. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Callender Lake | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Callender Lake | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.9% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Callender Lake sell for about $420K
For households in Callender Lake, the share who live in a home they own is 96%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Callender Lake
Moving to Callender Lake: who provides what
Callender Lake is unincorporated, so Van Zandt 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.
99% of working residents leave Callender Lake for work
Where Callender Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Callender Lake
About 0 of every 100 Callender Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Callender Lake
CDP in Texas, United States
Callender Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Callender Lake had a population of 1,090.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
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