Lake Dunlap has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Home is the office for 22% of workers (Texas 14%). 101 jobs are based in Lake Dunlap; 1,096 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lake Dunlap are B for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Dunlap at work: what stands out
Lake Dunlap is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Lake Dunlap, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Dunlap has about 420 people in it, 71% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Dunlap and New Braunfels trade workers both ways
New Braunfels is the top workplace for Lake Dunlap residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Dunlap come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Lake Dunlap works from home
22% of Lake Dunlap workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lake Dunlap
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Dunlap is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lake Dunlap’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Lake Dunlap’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Dunlap could be anywhere from C− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lake Dunlap
On a workday 1,091 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Lake Dunlap on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
25% of working residents work in New Braunfels
Where Lake Dunlap clocks in
25% of workers
22% of workers
8% 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.
Lake Dunlap’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Dunlap workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 559 commuters (the 22% 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.
Lake Dunlap makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 101. 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 Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Lake Dunlap
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Lake Dunlap gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Dunlap is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake Dunlap 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 714 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). 4.4% of Lake Dunlap households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Dunlap’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Lake Dunlap ranks 1,664th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,662 | White River WI | 1,098 | $88K | 3.3% | 1.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,663 | Withee WI | 1,050 | $95K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,664 | Lake Dunlap TX | 1,411 | $79K | 13.7% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,665 | Lake Shore MN | 1,127 | $97K | 5.8% | 1.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,666 | Shepherdstown WV | 1,522 | $64K | 6.2% | 11.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dunlap, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Lake Dunlap and its neighbors: 25% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Dunlap workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Dunlap | – | B | D− | 31 min | $78,641 |
| New Braunfels | 25% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $86,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Braunfels. Darker towns draw more of Lake Dunlap’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Dunlap: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Dunlap?
$78,641 (±$69,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Dunlap?
13.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Dunlap?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Dunlap work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Braunfels (25%, 3 mi), San Antonio (22%, 30 mi), Austin (8%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Dunlap walkable?
Lake Dunlap is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Dunlap without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Dunlap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Dunlap
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.