Atlantic Mine vs Copper City

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic Mine and Copper City: population, income, housing, and more.

Atlantic Mine and Copper City are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlantic Mine has the higher population (513 vs 226 in Copper City). Copper City has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $47,361 in Atlantic Mine). Atlantic Mine has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $85,600 in Copper City).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
Population	513	226
Median age	33.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,361	$48,750
Median home value	$90,000	$85,600
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	242	123
Homeownership rate	79.6%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	35.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
Population	787 → 513 (-34.8%)	197 → 226 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $47,361 (+3.6%)	$39,375 → $48,750 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $90,000 (+7.1%)	$46,100 → $85,600 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $850 (+4.9%)

Atlantic Mine

Population

787513

Median household income

$45,694$47,361

Median home value

$84,000$90,000

Copper City

Population

197226

Median household income

$39,375$48,750

Median home value

$46,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$810$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	20.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	1.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	24.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
No high school diploma	15.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
Drove alone	87.5%	59.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
1-unit, detached	97.5%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Mine	Copper City
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1952	1938