Cienegas Terrace is a city of 1,868 people in Texas. This skews young, with a median age of 29.1. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 12% of adults. The foreign-born share is 32%. The typical home is worth $92,300, having roughly tripled since 2000. The population has fallen 35% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,785, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 29.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 77%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cienegas Terrace
What changed most since 2000
Poverty rate43.8% → 9.5%(−34.3 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Homes owned by their occupants90.6% → 76.2%(−14.4 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Population2,878 → 1,868(−35%)US over the same years: +19%
Cienegas Terrace's population equals 3.9% of Val Verde County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)32.3%(20)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.2%(28)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 62 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cienegas Terrace, decade by decade
Cienegas Terrace population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
2,878
$37,743
$52,282
0.7%
11.6
2010
3,424
$54,837
$74,086
2.2%
9.5
2020
3,025
$53,798
$105,690
5.1%
8.3
2024
1,868
$59,785
$92,300
12.2%
16.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
