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

Otsego4.5 mi away

40%322

New York149.7 mi away

5%39

Oneonta18.2 mi away

4%28

Hartwick5.7 mi away

4%28

Middlefield3.8 mi away

3%25

Albany57.6 mi away

3%23

Cherry Valley13 mi away

2%18

Utica31.3 mi away

2%12

Colonie58.1 mi away

1%11

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%

14%

28%

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.