Blue River vs Copper Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Blue River and Copper Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue River and Copper Mountain are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue River has the higher population (1,145 vs 321 in Copper Mountain). Copper Mountain has the higher median household income ($123,940 vs $119,375 in Blue River). Since 2019, Blue River's population has grown faster (+75.6% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
Population	1,145	321
Median age	32.9 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,375	$123,940
Median home value	$1,171,900	—
Median gross rent	$2,442	—
Housing units	754	1,400
Homeownership rate	79.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.9%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
Population	652 → 1,145 (+75.6%)	571 → 321 (-43.8%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $119,375 (+6.5%)	$55,119 → $123,940 (+124.9%)
Median home value	$656,000 → $1,171,900 (+78.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $2,442 (+132.6%)	$1,338 → $1,401 (+4.7%)

Blue River

Population

6521,145

Median household income

$112,083$119,375

Median home value

$656,000$1,171,900

Median gross rent

$1,050$2,442

Copper Mountain

Population

571321

Median household income

$55,119$123,940

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	25.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	44.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.4%
75 and over	3.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	12.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	10.4%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
Drove alone	60.0%	58.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	42.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
1-unit, detached	88.5%	2.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	90.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Copper Mountain
Poverty rate	5.1%	20.9%
Average household size	3.26	1.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1983	1986