Copenhagen vs Lowville

A side-by-side comparison of Copenhagen and Lowville: population, income, housing, and more.

Copenhagen and Lowville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowville has the higher population (3,432 vs 652 in Copenhagen). Copenhagen has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $73,656 in Lowville). Lowville has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $150,000 in Copenhagen).

Population, income & housing

	Copenhagen	Lowville
Population	652	3,432
Median age	30.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$73,656
Median home value	$150,000	$159,600
Median gross rent	$983	$747
Housing units	332	1,751
Homeownership rate	53.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copenhagen	Lowville
Population	833 → 652 (-21.7%)	3,233 → 3,432 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $75,833 (+61.8%)	$48,393 → $73,656 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $150,000 (+61.6%)	$140,800 → $159,600 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $983 (+32.5%)	$648 → $747 (+15.3%)

Copenhagen

Population

833652

Median household income

$46,875$75,833

Median home value

$92,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$742$983

Lowville

Population

3,2333,432

Median household income

$48,393$73,656

Median home value

$140,800$159,600

Median gross rent

$648$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copenhagen	Lowville
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	15.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	10.2%
75 and over	3.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copenhagen	Lowville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copenhagen	Lowville
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copenhagen	Lowville
Drove alone	86.5%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	1.5%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copenhagen	Lowville
1-unit, detached	51.2%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	36.7%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Copenhagen	Lowville
Poverty rate	16.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1947	1938