Copper City vs Painesdale

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

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

Painesdale has the higher population (353 vs 226 in Copper City). Painesdale has the higher median household income ($62,436 vs $48,750 in Copper City). Copper City has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $84,800 in Painesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Copper City	Painesdale
Population	226	353
Median age	47.4 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$62,436
Median home value	$85,600	$84,800
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	123	175
Homeownership rate	91.3%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	35.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper City	Painesdale
Population	197 → 226 (+14.7%)	362 → 353 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $48,750 (+23.8%)	$65,938 → $62,436 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $85,600 (+85.7%)	$57,900 → $84,800 (+46.5%)
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

Painesdale

Population

362353

Median household income

$65,938$62,436

Median home value

$57,900$84,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper City	Painesdale
Under 5	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	19.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	19.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	2.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	1.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper City	Painesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
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	Painesdale
No high school diploma	12.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper City	Painesdale
Drove alone	59.6%	83.5%
Carpooled	19.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper City	Painesdale
1-unit, detached	99.2%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
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%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Copper City	Painesdale
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938