Work, pay and getting to work in Cuney
Hardly any work in Cuney itself; outside it, Jacksonville draws the most (28%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cuney on a workday afternoon
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Cuney on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The places Cuney commutes to
Where Cuney clocks in
28% of workers
15% 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.
How long Cuney spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuney workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cuney
About 28% 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.
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 Cuney: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cuney?
41.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuney?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuney work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (28%, 10 mi), Tyler (15%, 20 mi), Frankston (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cuney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cuney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuney
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.