Box Canyon vs Cienegas Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Box Canyon and Cienegas Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Box Canyon and Cienegas Terrace are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cienegas Terrace has the higher population (1,703 vs 46 in Box Canyon). Box Canyon has the higher median household income ($95,469 vs $42,382 in Cienegas Terrace). Box Canyon has the higher median home value ($209,400 vs $97,600 in Cienegas Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
Population	46	1,703
Median age	66.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,469	$42,382
Median home value	$209,400	$97,600
Median gross rent	—	$956
Housing units	67	716
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
Population	76 → 46 (-39.5%)	3,476 → 1,703 (-51.0%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $95,469 (+4.6%)	$47,297 → $42,382 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$210,900 → $209,400 (-0.7%)	$82,400 → $97,600 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$716 → $956 (+33.5%)

Box Canyon

Population

7646

Median household income

$91,250$95,469

Median home value

$210,900$209,400

Cienegas Terrace

Population

3,4761,703

Median household income

$47,297$42,382

Median home value

$82,400$97,600

Median gross rent

$716$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	26.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	26.2%
55 to 64	4.3%	2.5%
65 to 74	47.8%	14.6%
75 and over	4.3%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	26.1%	4.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	73.9%	93.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
No high school diploma	38.2%	34.7%
High school graduate	5.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
Drove alone	100.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
1-unit, detached	46.3%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	32.0%

Poverty & households

	Box Canyon	Cienegas Terrace
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1999	1997