Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cooper Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Cooper Township; the top destination outside it is Morris Township (8%, 6 miles). 187 jobs are based in Cooper Township; 901 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Cooper Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cooper Township, in brief
Cooper Township is a place people come home to
There are 187 jobs based in Cooper Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cooper Township has about 1,800 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cooper Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cooper Township fell from 327 in 2013 to 187 in 2023, −43%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Cooper Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 901 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cooper Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cooper Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #572 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Cooper Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cooper Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Cooper Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Cooper Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The kinds of work in Cooper Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooper Township, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 187. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Cooper Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooper Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,113 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Cooper Township: the destinations
Where Cooper Township clocks in
8% 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.
How far Cooper Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
The commute in Cooper Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cooper Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #793 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,328 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Cooper Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cooper Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cooper Township next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400: 1,615th of 4,868 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,613 | Troy NH | 2,198 | $89K | 4.1% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,614 | Dunham Township OH | 2,503 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,615 | Cooper Township PA | 2,537 | $81K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,616 | Barr Township PA | 1,996 | $78K | 3.5% | 3.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,617 | Kitsap Lake WA | 2,186 | $101K | 12.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
16% of Cooper Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cooper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Township | – | B | C | 35 min | $80,900 |
| Rush Township | 5% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Snow Shoe Township | under 3% | C | C | 36 min | $66,161 |
| Karthaus Township | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Burnside Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Covington Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Casanova | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Graham Township | 3% | C | D | 34 min | $77,917 |
| Morris Township | 8% | D | D | 35 min | $45,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Karthaus Township, Burnside Township and Covington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Casanova: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morris Township. Darker towns draw more of Cooper Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cooper Township?
$80,900 (±$13,390) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooper Township?
6.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooper Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooper Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris Township (8%, 6 mi), College Township (7%, 21 mi), Rush Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cooper Township walkable?
Cooper Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cooper Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cooper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cooper Township
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.