Copper Center vs Tazlina

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

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

Tazlina has the higher population (377 vs 312 in Copper Center). Tazlina has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $61,250 in Copper Center). Tazlina has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $181,300 in Copper Center).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Center	Tazlina
Population	312	377
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$120,625
Median home value	$181,300	$275,000
Median gross rent	$946	$1,365
Housing units	181	200
Homeownership rate	52.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Center	Tazlina
Population	245 → 312 (+27.3%)	376 → 377 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $61,250 (-11.3%)	$79,063 → $120,625 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $181,300 (+17.6%)	$203,300 → $275,000 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $946 (+22.1%)	$1,108 → $1,365 (+23.2%)

Copper Center

Population

245312

Median household income

$69,063$61,250

Median home value

$154,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$775$946

Tazlina

Population

376377

Median household income

$79,063$120,625

Median home value

$203,300$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Center	Tazlina
Under 5	0.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	22.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	12.2%
75 and over	4.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Center	Tazlina
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	47.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.1%	36.6%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Center	Tazlina
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Center	Tazlina
Drove alone	57.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.7%
Other means	9.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Center	Tazlina
1-unit, detached	64.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Copper Center	Tazlina
Poverty rate	5.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1988	1988