Copper Canyon vs Ponder

A side-by-side comparison of Copper Canyon and Ponder: population, income, housing, and more.

Copper Canyon and Ponder are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ponder has the higher population (2,524 vs 2,257 in Copper Canyon). Copper Canyon has the higher median household income ($143,304 vs $110,714 in Ponder). Copper Canyon has the higher median home value ($700,100 vs $287,000 in Ponder).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
Population	2,257	2,524
Median age	54.0 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$143,304	$110,714
Median home value	$700,100	$287,000
Median gross rent	$1,946	$2,345
Housing units	868	831
Homeownership rate	96.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
Population	1,121 → 2,257 (+101.3%)	2,369 → 2,524 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$151,250 → $143,304 (-5.3%)	$85,722 → $110,714 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$566,500 → $700,100 (+23.6%)	$204,200 → $287,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,946 (+32.5%)	$1,608 → $2,345 (+45.8%)

Copper Canyon

Population

1,1212,257

Median household income

$151,250$143,304

Median home value

$566,500$700,100

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,946

Ponder

Population

2,3692,524

Median household income

$85,722$110,714

Median home value

$204,200$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
Under 5	3.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	26.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	22.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	23.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.5%
75 and over	6.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	3.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.1%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
Drove alone	60.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	33.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
1-unit, detached	99.4%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Copper Canyon	Ponder
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	2002	2010