Copper Harbor vs Fulton

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

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

Fulton has the higher population (189 vs 135 in Copper Harbor). Copper Harbor has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $43,667 in Fulton). Copper Harbor has the higher median home value ($285,400 vs $71,300 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
Population	135	189
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,286	$43,667
Median home value	$285,400	$71,300
Housing units	149	100
Homeownership rate	82.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.3%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
Population	85 → 135 (+58.8%)	149 → 189 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $54,286 (+6.4%)	$36,806 → $43,667 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$257,500 → $285,400 (+10.8%)	$49,400 → $71,300 (+44.3%)

Copper Harbor

Population

85135

Median household income

$51,000$54,286

Median home value

$257,500$285,400

Fulton

Population

149189

Median household income

$36,806$43,667

Median home value

$49,400$71,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	29.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	24.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	5.9%	1.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.3%
75 and over	23.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.6%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	6.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
Drove alone	53.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
1-unit, detached	92.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Copper Harbor	Fulton
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1961	1938