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Buchanan Dam, TX

Found within zip codes: 78609, 78639, 78607

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Buchanan Dam, TX

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About Buchanan Dam

Buchanan Dam is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,685 people and just one neighborhood, Buchanan Dam is the 605th largest community in Texas.

Buchanan Dam is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Buchanan Dam is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Buchanan Dam who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.04%), management occupations (10.86%), and sales jobs (10.16%).

A relatively large number of people in Buchanan Dam telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.98% 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.

A very large number of seniors call Buchanan Dam home: people 65 and over are 35.55% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the town's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

One downside of living in Buchanan Dam, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 43.86 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Buchanan Dam doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their