Photo: Bill Whittaker Uploaded by Billwhittaker at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Coppock has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
4 jobs are based in Coppock, against 16 working residents. Hardly any work in Coppock; the top destination outside it is Washington (13%, 9 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Iowa has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Coppock
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Coppock on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Coppock goes to work
Where Coppock clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
In Coppock, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coppock, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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 Coppock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Coppock
of Coppock workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Coppock to work
About 25% 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.
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 Coppock: questions
What is the poverty rate in Coppock?
17.2%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Coppock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (13%, 9 mi), Iowa City (13%, 35 mi), Winfield (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coppock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coppock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coppock
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.