Most of Cooperstown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Cooperstown for work; outside it, Franklin is the main destination (11%, 8 miles). Cooperstown has 9 jobs for 157 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Cooperstown
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Cooperstown on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where Cooperstown’s working residents head each day
Where Cooperstown clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Cooperstown: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooperstown, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 9. 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 Cooperstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cooperstown: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooperstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 143 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Cooperstown commutes less than 16 miles
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.
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 Cooperstown: questions
What is the median household income in Cooperstown?
$60,417 (±$9,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooperstown?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooperstown?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooperstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin (11%, 8 mi), Sugarcreek (10%, 5 mi), Meadville (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cooperstown without a car?
1% 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 Cooperstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cooperstown
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.