Copper Harbor vs Eagle River

A side-by-side comparison of Copper Harbor and Eagle River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Copper Harbor has the higher population (135 vs 77 in Eagle River). Eagle River has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $54,286 in Copper Harbor). Eagle River has the higher median home value ($286,100 vs $285,400 in Copper Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
Population	135	77
Median age	40.3 yrs	70.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,286	$61,250
Median home value	$285,400	$286,100
Housing units	149	153
Homeownership rate	82.8%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.3%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
Population	85 → 135 (+58.8%)	112 → 77 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $54,286 (+6.4%)	$50,625 → $61,250 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$257,500 → $285,400 (+10.8%)	$193,800 → $286,100 (+47.6%)

Copper Harbor

Population

85135

Median household income

$51,000$54,286

Median home value

$257,500$285,400

Eagle River

Population

11277

Median household income

$50,625$61,250

Median home value

$193,800$286,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	1.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	1.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	59.7%
75 and over	23.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	43.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
Drove alone	53.6%	40.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	40.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
1-unit, detached	92.6%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Copper Harbor	Eagle River
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.11	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1961	1965