Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Kopperl
Hardly any work in Kopperl itself; outside it, Stephenville draws the most (7%, 43 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Texas. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Kopperl
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
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 Kopperl’s working residents head each day
Where Kopperl clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Kopperl
52 jobs are based in Kopperl.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Kopperl’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kopperl takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kopperl workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Kopperl to work
About 35% 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 Kopperl: questions
What is the median household income in Kopperl?
$105,000 (±$74,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kopperl?
4.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kopperl?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kopperl work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stephenville (7%, 43 mi), Meridian (5%, 13 mi), Clifton (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kopperl without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kopperl, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kopperl
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.