Cienegas Terrace vs Laughlin AFB

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

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

Laughlin AFB has the higher population (1,888 vs 1,703 in Cienegas Terrace). Laughlin AFB has the higher median household income ($73,045 vs $42,382 in Cienegas Terrace). Since 2019, Laughlin AFB's population has grown faster (-15.9% vs -51.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
Population	1,703	1,888
Median age	40.8 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,382	$73,045
Median home value	$97,600	—
Median gross rent	$956	$1,416
Housing units	716	616
Homeownership rate	84.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
Population	3,476 → 1,703 (-51.0%)	2,244 → 1,888 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$47,297 → $42,382 (-10.4%)	$67,059 → $73,045 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $97,600 (+18.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$716 → $956 (+33.5%)	$1,202 → $1,416 (+17.8%)

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

Laughlin AFB

Population

2,2441,888

Median household income

$67,059$73,045

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
Under 5	7.6%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	16.4%	40.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	25.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	26.2%	1.0%
55 to 64	2.5%	0.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	0.3%
75 and over	1.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	93.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
No high school diploma	34.7%	0.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
Drove alone	74.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.6%
Other means	7.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
1-unit, detached	66.6%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	70.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	32.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cienegas Terrace	Laughlin AFB
Poverty rate	11.7%	1.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	8
Median year structure built	1997	1968