Best PlacesCopperas Cove, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Copperas Cove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Copperas Cove ranks 1,335th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Copperas Cove
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Copperas Cove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Copperas Cove ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap childcare$614 a month, better than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of cities
Where Copperas Cove ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 6% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Copperas Cove
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Copperas Cove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,185, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Copperas Cove's effective rate of 1.21%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Copperas Cove
Copperas Cove runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Copperas Cove.
Who works in Copperas Cove, and how
Work in Copperas Cove centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Copperas Cove
Copperas Cove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Copperas Cove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Copperas Cove, month by month
Copperas Cove sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Copperas Cove
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Copperas Cove
Schools across Copperas Cove average a B−, better than 46% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- House Creek ElB · 50% proficient
- Montague Village ElB · 47% proficient
- C R Clements/hollie Parsons ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lampasas MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Copperas Cove J HB · 44% proficient
- S C Lee J HB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Lampasas H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Gatesville H SB− · 44% proficient
- Copperas Cove H SC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Copperas Cove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Copperas Cove measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Copperas Cove against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Copperas Cove suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Copperas Cove
Is Copperas Cove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Copperas Cove ranks 1,335th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, affordable childcare, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Copperas Cove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,432. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $76,185 median income, cost of living beats 50% of cities.
Is Copperas Cove safe?
Copperas Cove is safer than 48% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Copperas Cove?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 39. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
Is Copperas Cove good for families?
Schools beat 46% of cities, crime safety beats 48%, and childcare runs $614 a month.
Compare Copperas Cove with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Copperas Cove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Copperas Cove represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Copperas Cove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Copperas Cove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Copperas Cove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Copperas Cove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Copperas Cove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Copperas Cove detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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