About Cooper City

Cooper City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 27,685 people and just one neighborhood, Cooper City is the 98th largest community in Florida.

Cooper City is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.37% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cooper City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cooper City who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.19%), sales jobs (13.10%), and management occupations (12.49%).

Also of interest is that Cooper City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Cooper City is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Cooper City is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Cooper City a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Cooper City has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Cooper City's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

For most residents of Cooper City, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.7% of people in Cooper City drive alone to work on most days, making Cooper City a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Cooper City's landscape.

Being a small city, Cooper City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Cooper City Information and Demographics

The population of Cooper City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.17% of adults in Cooper City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cooper City in 2000 was $27,474, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,896 for a family of four. However, Cooper City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cooper City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cooper City is White, followed by Asian. Cooper City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.89% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cooper City include Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Cooper City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.92%).

The most common language spoken in Cooper City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.