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Cooperstown, PA

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Overview


Cooperstown is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 393 people and just one neighborhood, Cooperstown is the 1022nd largest community in Pennsylvania.

Occupations and Workforce

Cooperstown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cooperstown is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cooperstown who work in sales jobs (14.29%), healthcare (10.88%), and management occupations (8.84%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Cooperstown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cooperstown, the average commute to work is 30.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Cooperstown is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.67% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cooperstown in 2018 was $26,420, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,680 for a family of four. However, Cooperstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cooperstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cooperstown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cooperstown include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Cooperstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cooperstown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.2%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Cooperstown, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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