Cuero, Texas.
Typical home $213,802 (-1.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$449 (+67%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,070 -2%
- $217,872$213,802 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $252 +0%
- $213,550$213,802 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cuero$1,122
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Cuero, TX fell 1.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas
Cuero is a city of 8,128 people in DeWitt County. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in DeWitt County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cuero is a small Texas city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical household is somewhat older than across much of the country. Incomes run below the county's, and more people here live below the poverty line than is typical, so day-to-day life tends to be modest in its means. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, while summers are very hot, and the rainfall through the year is moderate.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, restaurants and government also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Cuero are Cuero ISD, Cuero Community Hospital and H-E-B. Commutes are short, and fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in most of the country.
Things to do. Sandies Creek runs in or beside town, a handy spot for time by the water. A longer drive away are Coleto Creek Reservoir, a reservoir, and Lake Wood, a lake, both suited to an outing on the water. Fannin Battleground State Historic Site, also a longer drive away, is an archaeological site tied to Texas history.
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- 2,247households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. DeWitt County had 6,959 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 66° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 74°. About 34 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cuero weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cuero
- Cuero ISDSchool district355FTE
- Cuero Community HospitalGeneral hospital206FTE
- H-E-BRetail156
- WalmartDiscount department stores108
- Cuero Nursing and Rehabilitaton Center101
- Brookshire BrothersGrocery stores46
- D&B Oilfield ServicesOil and gas field services on a contract basis40
- Ancira Partners Chevy/GMCNew car dealers33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 484 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cuero’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on DeWitt County.
Cuero home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cuero$213,802
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Cuero listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Cuero22.28%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cuero64
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cuero11
Zip codes with a Cuero address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cuero — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.