Copper Center vs Gakona

A side-by-side comparison of Copper Center and Gakona: population, income, housing, and more.

Copper Center and Gakona are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Copper Center has the higher population (312 vs 200 in Gakona). Gakona has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $61,250 in Copper Center). Gakona has the higher median home value ($322,700 vs $181,300 in Copper Center).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Center	Gakona
Population	312	200
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$90,313
Median home value	$181,300	$322,700
Median gross rent	$946	$710
Housing units	181	166
Homeownership rate	52.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Center	Gakona
Population	245 → 312 (+27.3%)	154 → 200 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $61,250 (-11.3%)	—
Median home value	$154,200 → $181,300 (+17.6%)	$656,300 → $322,700 (-50.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $946 (+22.1%)	$425 → $710 (+67.1%)

Copper Center

Population

245312

Median household income

$69,063$61,250

Median home value

$154,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$775$946

Gakona

Population

154200

Median home value

$656,300$322,700

Median gross rent

$425$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Center	Gakona
Under 5	0.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	23.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	16.0%
75 and over	4.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Center	Gakona
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	56.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.1%	39.5%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Center	Gakona
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	37.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Center	Gakona
Drove alone	57.3%	46.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.4%	6.3%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	35.4%
Other means	9.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Center	Gakona
1-unit, detached	64.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Copper Center	Gakona
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1988	1986