CooperTownshipGentryCoMo, 2025
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Cooper TownshipMO
A town of 1,784.
7 bordering townsMap →
Photo: SamuelNelsonGISP · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
1,784
2025 Census estimate · +3.5% since 2020
Median home value
$141K
Census ACS
Household income
$53K
median
Median age
40.7
years
Jobs based here
562
Balanced
Is Cooper Township a good place to live?
The best of Cooper Township’s subject grades are a B+ for schools and cost of living; the weakest is a D− for incomes. On incomes, just 32 of Missouri’s 419 towns do worse. Cooper Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Cooper Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Cooper Township is from typical.
Jobs & income$53K median household incomeD−Open →HealthMosaic Medical Center Albany 10.2 miles awayC−Open →SchoolsB+Open →Cost of livingTypical home $141K, 2.5 years of the county’s $56K median household incomeB+Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listCOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.9 of 20; 8.5% of households have no car; 6.7% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors3 miles of trailsDOpen →HistoryB−Open →Civic life10.5 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsBOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Cooper Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cooper Township, and how to reach them.
PowerUnited Electric CoopEIAHIFLD · EIA
WaterStanberry PWSNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Cooper Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsStanberry R-II School DistrictAlbany R-III School District2 districts serve Cooper Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Missouri you can register online until 27 days before Election Day, in person until 27 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 27 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereGentryGentry County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2019
ZIP codes64489, 6443864489 93% · 64438 7%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cooper Township.
HealthC−
Health in Cooper Township trails 84% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Cooper Township, 32% feel lonely, close to Missouri’s towns (32%) and below U.S. towns (33%). Just over a third of Cooper Township adults get no exercise outside work. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% report frequent physical distress, 19% smoke cigarettes.
16%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Cooper Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
32 measures vs. Missouri
0 better24 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Cooper Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.2% | 15.8% |
Mosaic Medical Center Albany
10.2 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
SchoolsB+
Cooper Township’s public schools outperform 68% of Missouri districts
Its public schools are run by Stanberry R-II. The 2 public schools in Cooper Township teach 375 students between them.
68%of MO districts it outscoresB+School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanberry Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 222 | B− |
| Stanberry HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 153 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Climate
The climate in Cooper Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 16° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 19 inches of snow a winter.
19″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter19–38°
Spring41–63°
Summer64–85°
Fall43–65°
Oct 20
typical first frost
Apr 17
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Most of Cooper Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Among working residents in Cooper Township, 16% work locally, where Missouri’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 8%. The share of residents in Cooper Township who live below the poverty line: 24%. Jobs based in the town fell to 562 in 2023, 100 fewer than in 2013. Its average commute stands at 19 minutes.
16%work in town
| Cooper Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Cooper Township16%
St. Joseph18%
Stanberry14%
Kansas City9%
Albany7%
33 mi
median commute distance
562
jobs based in Cooper Township
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C
Top of a high hazard risk in Cooper Township: inland flooding
Cooper Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 62 of 100. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out locally since 2021. Expected losses in Cooper Township break down as 32% from inland flooding and 19% from heat waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cooper Township after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2015.
62risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHeat wavesDrought
1
paid flood claims since 2021
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
OutdoorsD
0% of Cooper Township is conserved land
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 3.3 miles of trail. Cooper Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile. One park or preserve covers 3 acres in the town.
0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 44,157 acres
3.3 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Cooper Township
18pages on Cooper Township
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cooper Township
About 2 of every 100 Cooper Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Cooper Township
Township in Gentry County, Missouri, U.S.
Cooper Township is a township in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1696. Cooper Township has the name of Gallenburg Cooper, an early settler.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Cooper Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Cooper Township.
Athens TownshipHuggins TownshipJackson TownshipMiller TownshipWilson TownshipWashington TownshipJefferson TownshipCooper Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Athens Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Huggins Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Miller Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wilson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cooper Township, Athens Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cooper Township, Athens Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Huggins Township, Miller Township, Wilson Township, Washington Township and Jefferson Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cooper Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cooper Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cooper Township, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.