Work & commute · Cooperstown

Work & commute in Cooperstown, NY

About one in 3 of Cooperstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Otsego (40%), New York (5%) and Oneonta (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
35%
276 of 799 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
12 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 523 Cooperstown residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 3,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooperstown.

523live here, work elsewhere
276live and work here
3,155work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cooperstown goes to work

CooperstownOneontaUticaAlbanyNew YorkLaurensSpringfieldHartwickOtsegoOneontaMiddlefieldColonieMilfordMarylandRichfieldCherry ValleyOtsegoNew YorkOneontaHartwickMiddlefieldAlbanyCherry ValleyUticaColonieSpringfieldCooperstown
1
Otsego4.5 mi away
40%322
2
New York149.7 mi away
5%39
3
Oneonta18.2 mi away
4%28
4
Hartwick5.7 mi away
4%28
5
Middlefield3.8 mi away
3%25
6
Albany57.6 mi away
3%23
7
Cherry Valley13 mi away
2%18
8
Utica31.3 mi away
2%12
9
Colonie58.1 mi away
1%11
10
Springfield9.8 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%284

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.

49%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cooperstown is a job hub

4.29jobs per working resident
A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooperstown are

3,431 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

3,431 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)94%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Cooperstown residents hold

799 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month68%
−22%

Jobs based in Cooperstown, 2013 → 2023: 4,392 → 3,431. 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.

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