Copper Mountain vs Montezuma

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

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

Copper Mountain has the higher population (321 vs 83 in Montezuma). Montezuma has the higher median household income ($127,083 vs $123,940 in Copper Mountain). Since 2019, Montezuma's population has grown faster (-7.8% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
Population	321	83
Median age	57.4 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$123,940	$127,083
Median home value	—	$861,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,667
Housing units	1,400	44
Homeownership rate	62.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
Population	571 → 321 (-43.8%)	90 → 83 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$55,119 → $123,940 (+124.9%)	—
Median home value	—	$597,200 → $861,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,401 (+4.7%)	$1,354 → $1,667 (+23.1%)

Copper Mountain

Population

571321

Median household income

$55,119$123,940

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,401

Montezuma

Population

9083

Median home value

$597,200$861,100

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	21.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	30.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.6%
55 to 64	44.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	55.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
Drove alone	58.0%	46.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	53.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	2.6%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	90.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Copper Mountain	Montezuma
Poverty rate	20.9%	2.4%
Average household size	1.35	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1986	2002