Copperas Cove vs South Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Copperas Cove and South Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Copperas Cove and South Mountain are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Copperas Cove has the higher population (37,149 vs 295 in South Mountain). Copperas Cove has the higher median household income ($68,900 vs $60,938 in South Mountain). South Mountain has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $167,900 in Copperas Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
Population	37,149	295
Median age	32.8 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,900	$60,938
Median home value	$167,900	$170,800
Median gross rent	$1,022	$988
Housing units	15,698	143
Homeownership rate	58.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
Population	32,715 → 37,149 (+13.6%)	383 → 295 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$52,284 → $68,900 (+31.8%)	$59,167 → $60,938 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $167,900 (+49.9%)	$117,400 → $170,800 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,022 (+18.2%)	$736 → $988 (+34.2%)

Copperas Cove

Population

32,71537,149

Median household income

$52,284$68,900

Median home value

$112,000$167,900

Median gross rent

$865$1,022

South Mountain

Population

383295

Median household income

$59,167$60,938

Median home value

$117,400$170,800

Median gross rent

$736$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
Under 5	6.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	19.7%
75 and over	4.1%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
Drove alone	76.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.8%
Other means	2.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
1-unit, detached	70.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Copperas Cove	South Mountain
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1990	1983