Reed's Store · Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Copperopolis works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Copperopolis has 573 jobs, against 2,630 working residents. Jobs and income earn Copperopolis C+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Copperopolis in brief
A big share show a job far from home
59% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
No single place dominates Copperopolis’ commute
The biggest draw, Stockton, gets only 5% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Copperopolis residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Copperopolis
62% of Copperopolis residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Copperopolis pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Copperopolis workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Copperopolis workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Copperopolis’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Copperopolis is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #553 of 847 in California. Household income holds Copperopolis’ grade up ($108,457, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Copperopolis could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far Copperopolis goes to work
About 59% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
5% of working residents work in Stockton
Where Copperopolis clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Copperopolis: what the 573 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copperopolis, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 573. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Copperopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Copperopolis’ commute takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copperopolis workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,708 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Copperopolis
On a workday 2,504 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 447 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Copperopolis on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Copperopolis, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Copperopolis is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #774 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Copperopolis near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,786 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Copperopolis households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Copperopolis’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Copperopolis ranks: 2,371st of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,369 | Mount Vernon MO | 4,835 | $53K | 13.8% | 2.0% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,370 | Hollister MO | 4,690 | $54K | 10.2% | 2.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,371 | Copperopolis CA | 4,285 | $108K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,372 | West Peoria IL | 4,187 | $66K | 8.4% | 9.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,373 | Leroy Township MI | 3,881 | $85K | 12.8% | 7.1% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Copperopolis, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Copperopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Copperopolis?
$108,457 (±$11,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copperopolis?
7.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copperopolis?
40 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copperopolis work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (5%, 37 mi), San Jose (4%, 79 mi), San Francisco (4%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Copperopolis walkable?
Copperopolis is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Copperopolis without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copperopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copperopolis
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.