For more than half of its working residents, Lake Tanglewood is a commute to Amarillo
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Hardly any work in Lake Tanglewood itself; outside it, Amarillo draws the most (51%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lake Tanglewood, in brief
More than half of Lake Tanglewood works in Amarillo
164 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Amarillo, 10 miles away. That’s far more as work in Lake Tanglewood itself. The commute map ↓
Lake Tanglewood is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Lake Tanglewood, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Tanglewood has about 490 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lake Tanglewood are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Lake Tanglewood ends
Where Lake Tanglewood clocks in
51% of workers
10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Lake Tanglewood
On a workday 321 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Lake Tanglewood on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Lake Tanglewood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Tanglewood workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 7% 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.
29% of the jobs in Lake Tanglewood make or build things
82 jobs are based in Lake Tanglewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Tanglewood, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 82. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Tanglewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lake Tanglewood’s workers travel
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Tanglewood: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Tanglewood?
$120,625 (±$43,141) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Tanglewood?
6.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Tanglewood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Tanglewood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (51%, 10 mi), Canyon (10%, 9 mi), Lubbock (5%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Tanglewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Tanglewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Tanglewood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.