Photo: Renegomezphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Cisco earn less than those in 76% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 6.3%; Texas has 13.8%. For jobs and income Cisco is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). 4% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cisco, in a few figures
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 ↓
Cisco workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cisco workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
Jobs & income in Cisco: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Cisco’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cisco could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where in the region Cisco works
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.
How long Cisco spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cisco workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,495 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Cisco: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,241 residents head out to work, 385 work right here, and 825 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Cisco on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
9% of working residents work in Eastland
Where Cisco clocks in
9% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Cisco’s employers do
1,210 jobs are based in Cisco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cisco, 2013 → 2023: 1,130 → 1,210. 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 Cisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Cisco
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,553 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). 2.3% of Cisco households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cisco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400, Cisco comes 3,139th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,137 | Sissonville WV | 3,593 | $67K | 23.4% | 5.3% | 4% | C |
| 3,138 | Bethany MO | 2,956 | $48K | 17.1% | 0.8% | 34% | C |
| 3,139 | Cisco TX | 3,980 | $59K | 6.3% | 5.9% | 24% | C |
| 3,140 | Fairfield TX | 3,029 | $47K | 21.5% | 1.0% | 22% | C |
| 3,141 | Butler Beach FL | 4,610 | $77K | 10.1% | 11.1% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Cisco, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Cisco: questions
What is the median household income in Cisco?
$58,550 (±$10,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cisco?
6.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cisco?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cisco work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eastland (9%, 10 mi), Fort Worth (4%, 99 mi), Abilene (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cisco walkable?
Cisco is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cisco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cisco
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.