Cooper has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Cooper itself; outside it, Machias draws the most (20%, 20 miles). There are 1 jobs in Cooper, and 55 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute from Cooper lasts 44 minutes (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cooper on a workday afternoon
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Cooper on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Cooper to work: where people go
Where Cooper clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
In Cooper, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooper, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 1. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cooper takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooper workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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 Cooper goes to work
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Cooper and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cooper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | – | — | — | 44 min | $48,750 |
| Charlotte | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Meddybemps | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Alexander | under 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Charlotte, Meddybemps and Alexander: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cooper’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: questions
What is the median household income in Cooper?
$48,750 (±$15,292) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooper?
20.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooper?
44 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooper work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Machias (20%, 20 mi), Calais (11%, 15 mi), Baileyville (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cooper without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cooper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cooper
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.