Copper Mountain vs Keystone

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

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

Keystone has the higher population (1,111 vs 321 in Copper Mountain). Copper Mountain has the higher median household income ($123,940 vs $51,369 in Keystone). Since 2019, Keystone's population has grown faster (+22.4% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
Population	321	1,111
Median age	57.4 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$123,940	$51,369
Median home value	—	$1,264,500
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	1,400	3,589
Homeownership rate	62.6%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
Population	571 → 321 (-43.8%)	908 → 1,111 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$55,119 → $123,940 (+124.9%)	$76,488 → $51,369 (-32.8%)
Median home value	—	$734,700 → $1,264,500 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,401 (+4.7%)	$710 → $861 (+21.3%)

Copper Mountain

Population

571321

Median household income

$55,119$123,940

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,401

Keystone

Population

9081,111

Median household income

$76,488$51,369

Median home value

$734,700$1,264,500

Median gross rent

$710$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	26.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	33.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	44.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	5.4%
75 and over	0.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	54.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	55.3%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
Drove alone	58.0%	23.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	33.5%
Walked	42.0%	19.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
1-unit, detached	2.6%	16.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	18.7%
20 or more units	90.5%	52.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Copper Mountain	Keystone
Poverty rate	20.9%	39.2%
Average household size	1.35	1.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1986	1991