Canyon Lake is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 31,124 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Canyon Lake is the 108th largest community in Texas. Canyon Lake has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Canyon Lake, where the median household income is $93,114.00.
Canyon Lake real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Canyon Lake house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Canyon Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Canyon Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.83% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Canyon Lake is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Canyon Lake really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Canyon Lake perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Canyon Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Canyon Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Canyon Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Canyon Lake may be for you.
In Canyon Lake, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Even though Canyon Lake is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.
The education level of Canyon Lake citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.14% of adults in Canyon Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Canyon Lake in 2022 was $50,670, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $202,680 for a family of four. However, Canyon Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Canyon Lake is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Canyon Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canyon Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Canyon Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Canyon Lake include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Canyon Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.