Photo: US government · Public domainAbout half of Cienegas Terrace’s working residents commute to Del Rio
Household incomes here are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Cienegas Terrace C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cienegas Terrace apart on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
71% of the jobs in Cienegas Terrace are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Cienegas Terrace workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Cienegas Terrace’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Cienegas Terrace workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Cienegas Terrace’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Cienegas Terrace is better than 27% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cienegas Terrace’s grade up (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (13.9%) is left out: Cienegas Terrace’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cienegas Terrace could be anywhere from D to B.
What the 359 jobs in Cienegas Terrace are
359 jobs are based in Cienegas Terrace.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cienegas Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 359. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cienegas Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Cienegas Terrace’s working residents head each day
Where Cienegas Terrace clocks in
50% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
How far Cienegas Terrace goes to work
About 43% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Cienegas Terrace takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cienegas Terrace workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 798 commuters (the 1% 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.
Cienegas Terrace by day and by night
On a workday 1,116 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Cienegas Terrace on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.32 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 2023, primary jobs.
Few in Cienegas Terrace walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cienegas Terrace is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cienegas Terrace near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 806 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Cienegas Terrace households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cienegas Terrace’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cienegas Terrace places 3,594th of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 25 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,592 | Harrison Township OH | 2,153 | $68K | 12.4% | 1.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,593 | Springdale SC | 2,198 | $41K | 30.0% | 2.8% | 1% | C |
| 3,594 | Cienegas Terrace TX | 1,868 | $60K | 9.5% | 13.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,595 | Bellevue MI | 1,348 | $64K | 16.1% | 4.9% | 4% | C |
| 3,596 | Princeton NC | 1,544 | $46K | 9.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cienegas Terrace, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Cienegas Terrace and its neighbors: 50% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cienegas Terrace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cienegas Terrace | – | C | D− | 26 min | $59,785 |
| Del Rio | 50% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $66,158 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Del Rio. Darker towns draw more of Cienegas Terrace’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Cienegas Terrace: questions
What is the median household income in Cienegas Terrace?
$59,785 (±$5,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cienegas Terrace?
9.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cienegas Terrace?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cienegas Terrace work?
2% work in town.
Is Cienegas Terrace walkable?
Cienegas Terrace is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cienegas Terrace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cienegas Terrace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cienegas Terrace
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.