Copemish vs Filer City

A side-by-side comparison of Copemish and Filer City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Copemish has the higher population (279 vs 183 in Filer City). Filer City has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $78,500 in Copemish). Since 2019, Filer City's population has grown faster (+221.1% vs +95.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Copemish	Filer City
Population	279	183
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	—
Median home value	$78,500	$93,100
Housing units	131	70
Homeownership rate	92.9%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copemish	Filer City
Population	143 → 279 (+95.1%)	57 → 183 (+221.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $48,333 (-0.9%)	$86,750 → $84,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $78,500 (-8.3%)	$84,200 → $93,100 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $925 (-2.6%)	—

Copemish

Population

143279

Median household income

$48,750$48,333

Median home value

$85,600$78,500

Median gross rent

$950$925

Filer City

Population

57183

Median household income

$86,750$84,250

Median home value

$84,200$93,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copemish	Filer City
Under 5	7.5%	10.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	33.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	3.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	17.5%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copemish	Filer City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.2%
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	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copemish	Filer City
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copemish	Filer City
Drove alone	95.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copemish	Filer City
1-unit, detached	93.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Copemish	Filer City
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	34	17
Median year structure built	1948	1952