Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Coupland has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 58 minutes each way; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26. 85 jobs are based in Coupland; 151 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Coupland itself; outside it, Austin draws the most (25%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Coupland
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Coupland on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 the trip to work from Coupland ends
Where Coupland clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Coupland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coupland, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 85. 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 Coupland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Coupland spends getting to work: about 58 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coupland workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
How many miles Coupland commutes
About 23% 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 Coupland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Coupland?
9.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coupland?
58 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coupland work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (25%, 24 mi), Taylor (8%, 8 mi), Round Rock (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coupland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coupland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coupland
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.