Copper Mountain vs Dillon

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

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

Dillon has the higher population (933 vs 321 in Copper Mountain). Copper Mountain has the higher median household income ($123,940 vs $95,750 in Dillon). Since 2019, Dillon's population has grown faster (-1.3% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
Population	321	933
Median age	57.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$123,940	$95,750
Median home value	—	$939,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,682
Housing units	1,400	1,222
Homeownership rate	62.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
Population	571 → 321 (-43.8%)	945 → 933 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$55,119 → $123,940 (+124.9%)	$67,875 → $95,750 (+41.1%)
Median home value	—	$558,200 → $939,400 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,401 (+4.7%)	$1,042 → $1,682 (+61.4%)

Copper Mountain

Population

571321

Median household income

$55,119$123,940

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,401

Dillon

Population

945933

Median household income

$67,875$95,750

Median home value

$558,200$939,400

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	2.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	20.0%
55 to 64	44.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	55.3%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
Drove alone	58.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
1-unit, detached	2.6%	14.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	15.1%
20 or more units	90.5%	43.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Copper Mountain	Dillon
Poverty rate	20.9%	5.5%
Average household size	1.35	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1986	1980