Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,537.
Cooper Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $171K, 2.8 years of the DuBois area’s $62K median household income. It grades B− overall, 714th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Cooper Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 100, at 2,081 acres. Cooper Township has 1 place on the National Register.
Where Cooper Township beats most towns.
Where Cooper Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Cooper Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,585 in 1970, 2,593 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 5 maps from 1929 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Cooper Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Cooper Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Cooper Township since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Servant Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–3 | Grades K–3 | 14 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Cooper Township has 187 jobs for its 901 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 327 in 2013 to 187.
Most working residents leave Cooper Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Cooper Township fell to 187 in 2023, 140 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Morris Township (8%), College Township (7%) and Rush Township (5%).
| Cooper Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cooper Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Cooper Township’s July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Cooper Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cooper Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 100 | 0.6 mi | 2,081 |
| 2. Kylertown Little League Fields | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cooper Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Cooper Township.
| Cooper Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cooper Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 36% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cooper Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaBeaver Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaBryce Jordan Center
40 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
37 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial Museum28 mi Theme parkDelGrosso's Amusement Park
20 mi MuseumPalmer Museum of ArtBeaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Palmer Museum of Art: PalmerMuseumofArt, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Cooper Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Cooper Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Cooper Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,593 at the 2020 census.
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10 towns share a border with Cooper Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Township | #714 | B− | B+ | — | C | B− |
| Rush Township | #757 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Snow Shoe Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Karthaus Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burnside Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Winburne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lanse | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Covington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Snow Shoe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cooper Township, Rush Township and Snow Shoe Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Karthaus Township, Burnside Township, Winburne, Lanse and Covington Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cooper Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cooper Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #714 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and C for schools.
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+.
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