Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Cuero’s household incomes are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Cuero are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 21.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Texas as a whole has 13.8%. About one in four work in Cuero; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (10%, 79 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cuero stands out on work
Cuero’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cuero is San Antonio, 79 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (303) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
51% 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 ↓
Cuero trades workers with the towns around it
Cuero has about as many jobs (3,520) as working residents (3,069), but they are mostly different people: 2,256 residents leave for work each day while 2,707 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Cuero are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cuero are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. 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 Cuero: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cuero is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #590 of 642 in Texas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cuero’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cuero could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How far Cuero goes to work
About 51% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,256 residents head out to work, 813 work right here, and 2,707 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Cuero: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuero workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,381 commuters (the 12% 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.
The places Cuero commutes to
Where Cuero clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 work there is in Cuero: 3,520 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cuero, 2013 → 2023: 3,389 → 3,520. 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 Cuero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Cuero start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cuero is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #121 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Cuero 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 2,693 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). 8.5% of Cuero households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cuero’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cuero and other U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,812 | Joshua Tree CA | 6,234 | $66K | 22.6% | 5.6% | 7% | D |
| 2,813 | Holly Springs MS | 6,402 | $45K | 31.1% | 7.2% | 22% | D |
| 2,814 | Cuero TX | 8,264 | $56K | 21.7% | 6.0% | 26% | D |
| 2,815 | Manistee MI | 6,157 | $61K | 16.8% | 6.7% | 21% | D |
| 2,816 | Darlington SC | 6,075 | $34K | 30.2% | 7.1% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Cuero, 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 Cuero: questions
What is the median household income in Cuero?
$56,480 (±$16,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuero?
21.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuero?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuero work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (10%, 79 mi), Victoria (8%, 26 mi), Austin (5%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cuero walkable?
Cuero is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cuero without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cuero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuero
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.