A town of 2,220, settled in 1786. A regional job hub with 3,431 jobs.
The 3 things Cooperstown does most differently from other towns.
1850 · Ostego Lake -- From CooperstownWhere Cooperstown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Cooperstown. Another town gets a different order.
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.
Cooperstown beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Cooperstown | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.7% |
The typical Cooperstown home is worth about $410,000, up 9.7% in a year, 22% below the New York typical home.
Cooperstown has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 86 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
1.4 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Front Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Cooper Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Badger Park | — | 1 |
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
Village in New York, United States
Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the Central New York Region, Cooperstown is approximately 60 miles (97 kilometers) west of Albany, 67 mi (108 km) southeast of Syracuse and 145 mi (233 km) northwest of New York City. The population of the village was 1,794 as of the 2020 census. Cooperstown is the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Other attractions in the village include the Fenimore Farm & Country Village, which opened in 1944 on farmland that had once belonged to …
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