Coppell is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 35,955 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Coppell is the 69th largest community in Texas.

Coppell is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Coppell is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Coppell who work in management occupations (23.23%), sales jobs (16.54%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.29%).

Also of interest is that Coppell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Coppell is a very car-oriented city: 98.4% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Coppell is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Coppell Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Coppell is a pretty powerful place. 62.59% of the adults in Coppell have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Coppell in 2000 was $40,219, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,876 for a family of four. However, Coppell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Coppell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Coppell home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Coppell is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Coppell include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Coppell is English. Some people also speak Spanish.