With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Cherokee works elsewhere
128 jobs are based in Lake Cherokee for 1,140 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lake Cherokee B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 5% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Lake Cherokee
Fewer jobs are based in Lake Cherokee than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lake Cherokee fell from 633 in 2013 to 128 in 2023, −80%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Lake Cherokee is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Lake Cherokee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Cherokee has about 2,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Cherokee and Longview trade workers both ways
Longview is the top workplace for Lake Cherokee residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Cherokee come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Lake Cherokee’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Cherokee is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #240 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Lake Cherokee’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Cherokee could be anywhere from C to A.
Jobs in Lake Cherokee: what the 128 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Cherokee, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 128. 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 Lake Cherokee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lake Cherokee on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,129 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Lake Cherokee on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
27% of working residents work in Longview
Where Lake Cherokee clocks in
27% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Time on the road from Lake Cherokee: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Cherokee workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,482 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Lake Cherokee, by distance
About 28% 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.
Few in Lake Cherokee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Cherokee is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #624 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Lake Cherokee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,559 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Lake Cherokee households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Cherokee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Cherokee is 1,602nd of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,600 | Harpersfield Township OH | 2,607 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,601 | Fawn Township PA | 3,075 | $117K | 5.8% | 5.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,602 | Lake Cherokee TX | 3,093 | $92K | 11.3% | 2.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,603 | Rockledge PA | 2,613 | $93K | 9.5% | 7.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,604 | Chelsea ME | 2,848 | $85K | 8.7% | 2.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Cherokee, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Lake Cherokee: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Cherokee?
$91,855 (±$7,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Cherokee?
11.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Cherokee?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Cherokee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (27%, 13 mi), Kilgore (7%, 12 mi), Tyler (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Cherokee walkable?
Lake Cherokee is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Cherokee 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 Lake Cherokee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Cherokee
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.