Photo: Z thomas · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Cooper City top those of 92% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Cooper City; the top destination outside it is Fort Lauderdale (9%, 11 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents (Florida 12.6%). The two grades for Cooper City are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cooper City: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Cooper City
67% of Cooper City residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Cooper City pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Cooper City has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cooper City went from 5,530 in 2013 to 7,606 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Cooper City: the grade in detail
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cooper City could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Cooper City: 7,606 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooper City, 2013 → 2023: 5,530 → 7,606. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cooper City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Cooper City
On a workday 15,916 residents head out to work, 841 work right here, and 6,765 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Cooper City on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cooper City’s working residents head each day
Where Cooper City clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Cooper City: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooper City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,987 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
How far it is to work from Cooper City
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Cooper City, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cooper City is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #411 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,111 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 24% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Cooper City households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cooper City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cooper City is 165th of 1,194 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 47,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Ewa Gentry HI | 26,563 | $136K | 2.9% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 164 | Centerton AR | 27,176 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 165 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 166 | Fremont Township IL | 34,086 | $120K | 5.7% | 3.2% | 6% | A |
| 167 | Moon Township PA | 26,756 | $113K | 3.3% | 3.6% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,194 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cooper City, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Cooper City and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Davie (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cooper City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper City | – | A | B | 28 min | $132,319 |
| Southwest Ranches | under 2% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $161,051 |
| Davie | 7% | B | A− | 29 min | $87,250 |
| Pembroke Pines | 5% | B+ | B | 30 min | $85,104 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cooper City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. 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 Cooper City: questions
What is the median household income in Cooper City?
$132,319 (±$10,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooper City?
5.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooper City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooper City work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (9%, 11 mi), Sunrise (8%, 9 mi), Miami (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cooper City walkable?
Cooper City is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cooper City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cooper City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cooper City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.