Copper City vs Dodgeville

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

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

Dodgeville has the higher population (298 vs 226 in Copper City). Dodgeville has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $48,750 in Copper City). Dodgeville has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $85,600 in Copper City).

Population, income & housing

	Copper City	Dodgeville
Population	226	298
Median age	47.4 yrs	22.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$92,188
Median home value	$85,600	$209,600
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	123	164
Homeownership rate	91.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	35.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper City	Dodgeville
Population	197 → 226 (+14.7%)	350 → 298 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $48,750 (+23.8%)	$21,779 → $92,188 (+323.3%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $85,600 (+85.7%)	$177,800 → $209,600 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $850 (+4.9%)	$1,301 → $1,633 (+25.5%)

Copper City

Population

197226

Median household income

$39,375$48,750

Median home value

$46,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$810$850

Dodgeville

Population

350298

Median household income

$21,779$92,188

Median home value

$177,800$209,600

Median gross rent

$1,301$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper City	Dodgeville
Under 5	4.4%	10.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	29.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	26.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	0.0%
75 and over	6.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper City	Dodgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper City	Dodgeville
No high school diploma	12.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper City	Dodgeville
Drove alone	59.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	19.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.0%
Other means	1.8%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper City	Dodgeville
1-unit, detached	99.2%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	40.9%

Poverty & households

	Copper City	Dodgeville
Poverty rate	11.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1938	1967