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Housing in Copper Center

A typical Copper Center home is worth roughly $218,000

Typical home value
$218K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$199
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Copper Center?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Copper Center

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You could afford about
$352,000
Typical Copper Center home $218K

That covers a typical Copper Center home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,340
Loan $1,080Tax $200Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $370 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Alaska typical property tax (1.11% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $925.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,640
35%
of households rent · AK 33%
24
renter households
$925
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Copper River Census Area, AK): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

65% of Copper Center households own their home

Half of Copper Center’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 65%Rent 35%

Alaska: 67% own.

1988
typical home built · AK 1986
$199
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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