Census-designated place · Fort Bend County, Texas

Cumings, Texas

Cumings is a census-designated place in Fort Bend County, Texas, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area. It has 2,535 residents. Cumings, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 65 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,473 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #65 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and math scores (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), unemployment rate (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

65High

Quality-of-life score: #5,473 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #65 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,535 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,392.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4818134

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety76#3,790/15,637
Economy92#1,231/15,631
Housing—
Health94#928/15,609
Healthcare76#3,831/15,650
Environment4#14,768/15,453
Education70#4,628/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,861/15,650
Community29#11,163/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,523/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cumings, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fort Bend County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low0.0%
100/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.201
99/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Math scores · high3.57
98/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFort Bend County value
Child care cost burden · low18.2%
98/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFort Bend County value
Injury deaths · low46 /100k
98/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFort Bend County value
Traffic deaths · low4.6 /100k
97/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataFort Bend County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
2/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFort Bend County value
Unemployment rate · high14.7%
3/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.4 µg/m³
5/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFort Bend County value
Social associations · low4.8 /10k
6/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFort Bend County value
Hot days · high115 days
6/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFort Bend County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.93%
9/100Texas 1.40%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.141 (2015-2019) → 0.201 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
37.0% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$106,250 (2015-2019) → $136,147 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
3.3% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
12.0% (2015-2019) → 14.7% (2020-2024)
+2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
95.1% (2015-2019) → 97.2% (2020-2024)
+2.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cumings, Texas improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+28%$106,250 → $136,147

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Cumings, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.8 min2015-2019	35.5 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	97.2%2015-2019	98.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.1412015-2019	0.2012020-2024	+0.060	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$106,2502015-2019	$136,1472020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cumings, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cumings, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Cumings, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Cumings, Texas itself moved +2 points in standing on average over the same 6 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,535 residents (±1,198)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

678 households (±337)

Cumings, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k0.0%0
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k2.4%†16

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

678 households (±337)

Cumings, Texas
Texas share

Own100%†678
Rent0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,247 workers (±495)

Cumings, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone70%†867
Carpool11%†131
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fort Bend County, the county holding most of Cumings's residents.

Fort Bend County has 18,519 employer establishments, 200 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Texas's), with 222,203 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,534. The Census Bureau also counts 123,181 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,519; 123,181 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 200; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 222,203
Average annual pay: $51,534; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fort Bend County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,290	24.8	1.19×About typical	19,267	$50,205	7,046
Restaurants and other eating places	1,401	15.2	0.83×About typical	28,181	$22,079	790
Lessors of real estate	896	9.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,634	$44,985	11,268
Management, scientific and technical consulting	865	9.4	1.40×More than typical	2,736	$76,553	5,522
Computer systems design and related services	807	8.7	2.02×More than typical	2,707	$97,806	1,794
Offices of physicians	763	8.3	1.28×More than typical	4,311	$78,489	1,011
Specialty trade contractors	652	7.1	0.46×Fewer than typical	8,714	$74,094	5,885
Limited-service restaurants	636	6.9	0.86×About typical	13,859	$19,597	255
Offices of dentists	539	5.8	1.45×More than typical	2,927	$56,166	480
Full-service restaurants	532	5.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	11,886	$25,764	348
Offices of other health practitioners	471	5.1	0.84×About typical	2,451	$52,028	2,340
Personal care services	430	4.7	0.98×About typical	2,139	$29,382	7,097

Rank places for an industry Open Fort Bend County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 923,883 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $14.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cumings, Texas: $5.89 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14.9K; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.89; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Institutes of Health$14.8K99.5%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$70.650.5%

Top recipients

HITEC POWER PROTECTION, INC.$14.8K99.5%
ON-DEMAND SERVICES LLC$70.650.5%

Spending by fiscal year

-8.6FY2017
14.4KFY2018
13.7KFY2019
22.2KFY2020
17.8KFY2021
10.4KFY2022
28.7KFY2023
6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Cumings, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Cumings, Texas's figures are part of those of Fort Bend County, TX ($28.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cumings is mostly in Fort Bend County.

See federal money in Fort Bend County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cumings, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Ted CruzR-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fort Bend County71100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX34

Other cities and towns in Fort Bend County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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