Copper Center vs Willow Creek

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

Copper Center and Willow Creek 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 126 in Willow Creek). Willow Creek has the higher median household income ($76,542 vs $61,250 in Copper Center). Willow Creek has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $181,300 in Copper Center).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
Population	312	126
Median age	41.1 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$76,542
Median home value	$181,300	$452,800
Median gross rent	$946	—
Housing units	181	66
Homeownership rate	52.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
Population	245 → 312 (+27.3%)	0 → 126 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $61,250 (-11.3%)	$66,898 → $76,542 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $181,300 (+17.6%)	$424,100 → $452,800 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $946 (+22.1%)	—

Copper Center

Population

245312

Median household income

$69,063$61,250

Median home value

$154,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$775$946

Willow Creek

Population

0126

Median household income

$66,898$76,542

Median home value

$424,100$452,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	34.9%
65 to 74	15.7%	48.4%
75 and over	4.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	56.1%	21.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	4.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
Drove alone	57.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	9.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
1-unit, detached	64.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Copper Center	Willow Creek
Poverty rate	5.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1988	1983