CooperTX
A town of 2,055, settled in 1870. A typical home worth about $124K.
What makes Cooper stand out
The 2 things Cooper does most differently from other towns.
87% of working residents leave Cooper for work
Where Cooper’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Cooper’s report card
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Weather
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- Edgewood vs Cooper Jr/Sr - Boys Varsity Football 09/17/2026 | Watch Live & On DemandNFHS Network · Sep 17
- Cooper Jr/Sr vs Lake Country - Boys Varsity Football 09/11/2026 | Watch Live & On DemandNFHS Network · Sep 6
Upcoming events
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cooper. Another town gets a different order.
A typical Cooper home is worth about $124K
The typical Cooper home is worth about $124,000, down 7.1% in a year, 59% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Healthier than 15% of U.S. towns
Cooper beats the Texas average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Cooper | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.3% | 17% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 5.7% |
About one in eight working residents works right in Cooper
Most working residents leave Cooper for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sulphur Springs (11%), Paris (10%) and Commerce (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.
Where working residents work
Four seasons, hot summers
Cooper has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 34°.
Typical low → high °F
Cooper’s public schools outperform 46% of Texas districts
The public schools Cooper’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper El | PK–5 | 490 | C+ |
Moderate risk, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 49% of U.S. communities.
About Cooper
City in Texas, United States
Cooper is a city in and the county seat of Delta County, Texas, United States. Located between the north and south forks of the Sulphur River, Cooper is the largest settlement in Delta County. At the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 1,911. First inhabited by native people, Cooper was founded around 1870, at the same time that Delta County was established. Cooper grew rapidly and quickly became the center of local events. The city's economy relied primarily on agriculture and the shipping of local goods. In the mid-1890s, a railroad line was built through the city, assisting in Cooper's growth. The city continued to grow through the 1910s, and into the early 1920s. In …
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- Established
- 1870
- Population
- 1,911
- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 482 ft
- ZIP code
- 75432
- Area code
- 903