Work & commute · Cooper

Work & commute in Cooper, FL

Most working residents leave Cooper for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (9%), Sunrise (8%) and Miami (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

841 of 16,757 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,916 Cooper residents head out of town to work, 841 work right here, and 6,765 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooper.

15,916live here, work elsewhere

841live and work here

6,765work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cooper goes to work

Fort Lauderdale10.7 mi away

9%1,558

Sunrise8.7 mi away

8%1,320

Miami19.4 mi away

7%1,235

Davie2.2 mi away

7%1,140

Hollywood7.6 mi away

6%996

Pembroke Pines4.1 mi away

5%909

Cooper City (in town)right here

5%841

Plantation5.5 mi away

4%615

Miramar6.2 mi away

3%441

Weston8.1 mi away

2%334

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%7,368

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cooper commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

50%

36%

50%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cooper is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooper are

7,606 jobs are based in Cooper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cooper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cooper

7,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cooper residents hold

16,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+38%

Jobs based in Cooper, 2013 → 2023: 5,530 → 7,606. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.