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Buchanan Dam CDP, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Buchanan Dam CDP is a Census CDP of 1,513 people across 7.75 square miles of land, in Llano County. Median household income is $56,429, 78.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.2 m.
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Buchanan Dam
What Buchanan Dam is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.75 sq mi
- Water area12.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land195
- County holding the largest share of its areaLlano County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Buchanan Dam
- Population1,513
- Median age59.9
- Population under 18186 plus or minus 81
- Share under 1812.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over570 plus or minus 127
- Share 65 and over37.7 percent
- Households800
- Family households437 plus or minus 124
- Share of households that are families54.6 percent plus or minus 11.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Buchanan Dam
- Median household income$56,429 plus or minus $17,266
- Per capita income$42,770 plus or minus $12,187
- Civilian labor force645 plus or minus 216
- Employed645 plus or minus 216
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,309 plus or minus 272
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent plus or minus 26.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Buchanan Dam
- Housing units1,092
- Occupied units800
- Vacant units292 plus or minus 109
- Vacancy rate26.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Owner occupied625
- Renter occupied175 plus or minus 90
- Ownership rate78.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$288,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,030 plus or minus $394
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Single family units732
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more78 plus or minus 68
- Share in buildings of two or more7.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes180 plus or minus 68
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Buchanan Dam gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute576 plus or minus 217
- Commuting under 15 minutes20 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes3.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more295 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.2 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Drove alone76.1 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Buchanan Dam (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,179,900
- Average approval$529,983
- Median approval$648,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,300,000
- Largest approval$1,300,000
- Jobs supported59
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term144 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Llano County, not Buchanan Dam
Llano County context, not Buchanan Dam figures
These are Llano County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buchanan Dam measurements.
- Establishments in Llano County561
- Employment at those establishments, Llano County4,327
- Covered employment, Llano County5,656
- Average annual pay, Llano County$50,825
- Average weekly wage, Llano County$977
- Housing units permitted, Llano County119
- Of those, single family, Llano County115
- County product, 2024, Llano County$1,152,296,000
- County product change over the prior year, Llano County2.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Llano County$236,201
Every figure in this section is published for Llano County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buchanan Dam. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Buchanan Dam questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buchanan Dam, Texas?
1,513, in 800 households. Buchanan Dam CDP covers 7.75 square miles of land, which is 195 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buchanan Dam in?
Llano County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buchanan Dam?
$56,429. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $288,900. Median gross rent is $1,030 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buchanan Dam businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.2 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $648,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buchanan Dam, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buchanan Dam borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buchanan Dam. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Buchanan Dam figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Llano County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buchanan Dam.
Is zoning published for Buchanan Dam?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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