Appleby vs Cushing

A side-by-side comparison of Appleby and Cushing: population, income, housing, and more.

Appleby and Cushing are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cushing has the higher population (646 vs 573 in Appleby). Appleby has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $75,000 in Cushing). Appleby has the higher median home value ($212,000 vs $120,500 in Cushing).

Population, income & housing

	Appleby	Cushing
Population	573	646
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,844	$75,000
Median home value	$212,000	$120,500
Median gross rent	$938	$1,100
Housing units	279	344
Homeownership rate	74.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleby	Cushing
Population	516 → 573 (+11.0%)	465 → 646 (+38.9%)
Median household income	$68,214 → $79,844 (+17.0%)	$40,000 → $75,000 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $212,000 (+55.3%)	$62,100 → $120,500 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $938 (-28.8%)	$667 → $1,100 (+64.9%)

Appleby

Population

516573

Median household income

$68,214$79,844

Median home value

$136,500$212,000

Median gross rent

$1,317$938

Cushing

Population

465646

Median household income

$40,000$75,000

Median home value

$62,100$120,500

Median gross rent

$667$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleby	Cushing
Under 5	3.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	18.8%	7.3%
75 and over	4.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleby	Cushing
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	10.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleby	Cushing
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleby	Cushing
Drove alone	80.4%	90.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleby	Cushing
1-unit, detached	87.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Appleby	Cushing
Poverty rate	4.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1992	1983