Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 480, settled in 1844.
Coopers Plains has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1873 and 5 maps from 1914 on.
Coopers Plains is unincorporated, so Steuben County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Coopers Plains.
Half commute less than 14 miles. In Coopers Plains, 16% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.5% in New York’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs in Coopers Plains grew by 55 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 90. The top destinations are Erwin (19%), Corning (18%) and Corning (7%).
| Coopers Plains | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Coopers Plains than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Coopers Plains, the July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults 18 to 64 in the town, 4.7% have no health insurance. In Coopers Plains, 12% of adults have diabetes, where New York’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 12%. Of 32 CDC measures, Coopers Plains beats the New York average on 11 and trails it on 7. Two figures for adults here: 30% feel lonely, 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Coopers Plains | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Coopers Plains | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 741 New York towns, just 5 have a lower share of conserved land than Coopers Plains. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 1 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cooper's Plains Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coopers Plains. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
35 mi LakeSeneca Lake
19 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
37 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
5 mi MuseumRockwell Museum
38 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldCorning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rockwell Museum: W.rose.v, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coopers Plains
About 3 of every 100 Coopers Plains residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Coopers Plains’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Coopers Plains is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Erwin and Campbell in Steuben County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coopers Plains had a population of 609. The community is in eastern Steuben County, in the northern part of Erwin and extending north into the southern part of Campbell. It is bordered to the south by Gang Mills. Coopers Plains occupies valley bottomland between the Cohocton River to the south and Meads Creek to the northeast, extending southeast to their confluence. The Cohocton is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Chemung River and part of the Susquehanna River watershed. New York State Route 415 (Victory Highway) passes thro…
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Coopers Plains has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
