Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Cooperstown commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Cooperstown itself; outside it, Manitowoc draws the most (20%, 16 miles). Employers in Cooperstown report 96 jobs; 620 of its residents have a job. Cooperstown grades A− 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 in Cooperstown, in a few figures
Cooperstown is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Cooperstown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cooperstown has about 770 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cooperstown and Manitowoc trade workers both ways
Manitowoc is the top workplace for Cooperstown residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Cooperstown come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 620 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Cooperstown gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Cooperstown is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Cooperstown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cooperstown could be anywhere from B to A.
Cooperstown by day and by night
On a workday 616 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Cooperstown on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 towns that employ Cooperstown’s residents
Where Cooperstown clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Cooperstown makes things: 58% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooperstown, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 96. 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Cooperstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooperstown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 551 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Cooperstown works
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 Cooperstown is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cooperstown is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 642 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). 0.4% of Cooperstown households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cooperstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cooperstown is 570th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Rapidan Township MN | 1,024 | $92K | 4.1% | 1.8% | <1% | A− |
| 569 | Hardwick Township NJ | 1,635 | $125K | 5.3% | 7.8% | 2% | A− |
| 570 | Cooperstown WI | 1,292 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 571 | Frenchtown NJ | 1,500 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.8% | 4% | A− |
| 572 | West Easton PA | 1,250 | $81K | 7.2% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Cooperstown, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Cooperstown compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cooperstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperstown | – | A− | C− | 23 min | $87,692 |
| Gibson | under 3% | B+ | D | 23 min | $81,250 |
| Morrison | under 3% | A− | C | 26 min | $100,682 |
| New Denmark | under 3% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $108,750 |
| Franklin | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $80,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cooperstown’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 Cooperstown: questions
What is the median household income in Cooperstown?
$87,692 (±$14,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooperstown?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooperstown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooperstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (20%, 16 mi), Green Bay (9%, 18 mi), Two Rivers (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cooperstown walkable?
Cooperstown is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cooperstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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. 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.