Cuney is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 115 people and just one neighborhood, Cuney is the 1039th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Cuney was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Cuney economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Cuney, where the median household income is $33,750.00.
Unlike some towns, Cuney isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cuney are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cuney is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cuney who work in office and administrative support (31.58%), healthcare suport services (21.05%), and teaching (8.77%).
Overall, Cuney’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Cuney is worth considering.
One downside of living in Cuney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.29 minutes every day commuting to work.
Cuney is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Cuney, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Cuney is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Cuney has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cuney in 2022 was $16,908, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,632 for a family of four. However, Cuney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cuney also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.68% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cuney is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cuney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Cuney, accounting for 41.83% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Cuney residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cuney include Irish, Dutch, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Cuney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 38 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.2% of America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cuney are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.7%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (16.4%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Cuney, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (18.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report German roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (67.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.