Canyon Lake is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,887 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Canyon Lake is the 144th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some towns, Canyon Lake isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Canyon Lake are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Canyon Lake is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Canyon Lake who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.91%), sales jobs (13.14%), and management occupations (10.05%).

One downside of living in Canyon Lake is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Canyon Lake, the average commute to work is 36.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Residents of Canyon Lake by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.4% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Canyon Lake may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Canyon Lake is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Canyon Lake Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Canyon Lake is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 21.59% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Canyon Lake in 2000 was $21,516, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,064 for a family of four.

The people who call Canyon Lake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Canyon Lake is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Canyon Lake include German, Irish, English, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Canyon Lake is English. Some people also speak Spanish.