Copperas Cove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 37,964 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Copperas Cove is the 92nd largest community in Texas.
Copperas Cove is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.06% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 13.72% and 12.29% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Also of interest is that Copperas Cove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The percentage of adults in Copperas Cove who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.57% of the adults in Copperas Cove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Copperas Cove in 2018 was $29,830, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,320 for a family of four. However, Copperas Cove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Copperas Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Copperas Cove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Copperas Cove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Copperas Cove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Copperas Cove include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Copperas Cove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.