Work & commute · Cooperstown

Work & commute in Cooperstown, ND

About one in 3 of Cooperstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (9%), Binford (8%) and Valley City (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

124 of 371 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 247 Cooperstown residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooperstown.

247live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cooperstown goes to work

Cooperstown (in town)right here

33%124

Fargo72.9 mi away

9%32

Binford13 mi away

8%31

Valley City36.5 mi away

3%12

Grand Forks58.4 mi away

3%12

Bismarck131.6 mi away

3%11

Finley14.3 mi away

3%10

Jamestown45.8 mi away

2%9

Hannaford9.5 mi away

2%6

Greenfield11.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%118

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

How far

How far Cooperstown commutes

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

38%

20%

12%

31%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cooperstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooperstown are

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

Jobs based in Cooperstown

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cooperstown residents hold

371 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−27%

Jobs based in Cooperstown, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 486. 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.