Earning a living in Copper Center
The average commute takes 14 minutes each way, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 10% across Alaska. 5.3% of residents are in poverty; Alaska has 10.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
About 14 minutes each way for Copper Center’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copper Center workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Alaska: 72% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Copper Center: questions
What is the median household income in Copper Center?
$59,750 (±$11,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copper Center?
5.3%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copper Center?
14 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Can you get around Copper Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copper Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copper Center
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.