What is the population of Copper River Census Area?

Copper River Census Area has 2,626 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Copper River Census Area?

Median household income in Copper River Census Area is $75,053 a year, 4.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Copper River Census Area?

Median gross rent is $973 a month and the median home value is $246,700, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.

Is Copper River Census Area affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Copper River Census Area is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alaska · FIPS 02066

Copper River ZIP codes — Copper River Census Area, Alaska

Quick answer

Copper River Census Area is home to 2,626 residents with a median household income of $75,053 and a median home value of $246,700. 67.7% of households own their home and 11.4% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Copper River ZIP code? 4 ZIP code areas fall inside Copper River Census Area, Alaska, listed in full below.

Population: 2,626Copper River Census Area residents
Median household income: $75,053Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $246,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $973Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.7%Owner-occupied households

Copper River Census Area, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Copper River Census Area is a small town in Alaska, with 2,626 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 45.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Copper River Census Area earn a median of $75,053 a year, 4.4% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Copper River Census Area is valued at $246,700, 18.7% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $973 a month, 30.8% below the national figure, or roughly $11,676 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP codes in Copper River Census Area

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Copper River Census Area.

How to read this page

What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Copper River Census Area?: Copper River Census Area has 2,626 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Copper River Census Area?: Median household income in Copper River Census Area is $75,053 a year, 4.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Copper River Census Area?: Median gross rent is $973 a month and the median home value is $246,700, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.
Is Copper River Census Area affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Copper River Census Area is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Copper River Census Area data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.