Cooperstown is a city of 2,220 people in New York. This is an unusually credentialed place: 61% of adults have a four-year degree. The average commute runs 12 minutes. The median age is 43.5, about 5 years above the US median. There are 1,358 people per square mile. 81% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
61% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 43%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cooperstown
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$339,370 → $380,900(+12%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate5.7% → 11.6%(+5.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hispanic share0.6% → 4.2%(+3.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Cooperstown's population equals 3.7% of Otsego County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 13% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.7%(8)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.5%(6)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 48 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cooperstown, decade by decade
Cooperstown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,180
$72,002
$339,370
40.2%
5.3
2000
2,032
$67,387
$266,508
41.5%
13.3
2010
1,852
$71,093
$491,560
58.3%
20.3
2020
1,794
$79,015
$420,577
61.4%
34.9
2024
2,220
$76,000
$380,900
61.1%
35.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
