Household incomes in Cumings top those of 93% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26. Cumings grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any work in Cumings; the top destination outside it is Houston (41%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cumings apart
Cumings is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Cumings, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cumings has about 1,400 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
41% of Cumings works in Houston
489 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Houston, 28 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cumings itself. The commute map ↓
Cumings workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Cumings’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cumings is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #141 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Cumings’ grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (14.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cumings could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves Cumings for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,184 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Cumings on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.03 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Cumings to work: where people go
Where Cumings clocks in
41% 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.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Cumings
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumings workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,076 commuters (the 14% 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.
Jobs in Cumings: what the 35 are
35 jobs are based in Cumings.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumings, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 35. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumings’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Cumings to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cumings is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cumings is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #491 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,247 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Cumings households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cumings’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Cumings ranks: 698th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 696 | Plainfield NH | 2,560 | $123K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 11% | A− |
| 697 | Troy Township OH | 2,408 | $91K | 10.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 698 | Cumings TX | 2,535 | $136K | 0.0% | 14.7% | 0% | A− |
| 699 | Southworth WA | 2,286 | $123K | 0.4% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 700 | Frisco CO | 2,792 | $114K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Cumings, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Cumings’ workers
The biggest share goes to Rosenberg (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cumings’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 2024, 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 Cumings: questions
What is the median household income in Cumings?
$136,147 (±$12,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumings?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumings?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumings work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (41%, 28 mi), Sugar Land (11%, 10 mi), Rosenberg (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cumings walkable?
Cumings is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cumings without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cumings, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumings
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.