Copperas Cove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 29,998 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Copperas Cove is the 82nd largest community in Texas.

Copperas Cove is a military town: the armed forces employs 18.78% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Healthcare are prominent in the local economy and are the city's largest civilian employers, employing 14.28% and 13.62% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Copperas Cove is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Copperas Cove.

Copperas Cove Information and Demographics

The education level of Copperas Cove citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.07% of adults in Copperas Cove have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Copperas Cove in 2000 was $15,995, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,980 for a family of four.

Copperas Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Copperas Cove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Copperas Cove is White, followed by 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 10.88% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Copperas Cove include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Copperas Cove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.