Copper City vs Hurontown

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

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

Copper City has the higher population (226 vs 155 in Hurontown). Hurontown has the higher median household income ($59,318 vs $48,750 in Copper City). Since 2019, Copper City's population has grown faster (+14.7% vs -7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Copper City	Hurontown
Population	226	155
Median age	47.4 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$59,318
Median home value	$85,600	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	123	141
Homeownership rate	91.3%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	35.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper City	Hurontown
Population	197 → 226 (+14.7%)	167 → 155 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $48,750 (+23.8%)	$73,854 → $59,318 (-19.7%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $85,600 (+85.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$810 → $850 (+4.9%)	—

Copper City

Population

197226

Median household income

$39,375$48,750

Median home value

$46,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$810$850

Hurontown

Population

167155

Median household income

$73,854$59,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper City	Hurontown
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	21.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	24.8%	32.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.9%
75 and over	6.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper City	Hurontown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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	Hurontown
No high school diploma	12.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper City	Hurontown
Drove alone	59.6%	47.6%
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%	27.0%
Other means	1.8%	25.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper City	Hurontown
1-unit, detached	99.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Copper City	Hurontown
Poverty rate	11.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.83	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1938	1944