Copper Center vs Glennallen

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

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

Glennallen has the higher population (601 vs 312 in Copper Center). Glennallen has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $61,250 in Copper Center). Glennallen has the higher median home value ($201,800 vs $181,300 in Copper Center).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Center	Glennallen
Population	312	601
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$80,417
Median home value	$181,300	$201,800
Median gross rent	$946	$1,342
Housing units	181	420
Homeownership rate	52.5%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Center	Glennallen
Population	245 → 312 (+27.3%)	411 → 601 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $61,250 (-11.3%)	$70,781 → $80,417 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $181,300 (+17.6%)	$235,600 → $201,800 (-14.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $946 (+22.1%)	$873 → $1,342 (+53.7%)

Copper Center

Population

245312

Median household income

$69,063$61,250

Median home value

$154,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$775$946

Glennallen

Population

411601

Median household income

$70,781$80,417

Median home value

$235,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Center	Glennallen
Under 5	0.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	2.5%
75 and over	4.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Center	Glennallen
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.1%	32.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Center	Glennallen
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Center	Glennallen
Drove alone	57.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	13.2%
Other means	9.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Center	Glennallen
1-unit, detached	64.6%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Copper Center	Glennallen
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1988	1979