What is the average commute in Copperas Cove city, Texas?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Copperas Cove city, Texas work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · TX · GEOID 48166242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Copperas Cove, Texas

Name: Commute estimates for Copperas Cove city, Texas
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 13.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.4%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Copperas Cove city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.5 min → 29.4 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.7% → 10.8%▲ 3.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 74.6%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Copperas Cove city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.1% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±3.2 pp

Carpool9.8% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home10.8% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 17,073 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Copperas Cove city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Copperas Cove city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,073 workers age 16+, including 15,230 workers with reported travel time and 1,843 home workers.

Population estimate37,947± 251 MOE

Workers age 16+17,073± 744 MOE

Workers with travel time15,230± 784 MOE

Estimated home workers1,843± 393 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Texas commute records for Copperas Cove city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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