Cooperstown vs Oneonta

A side-by-side comparison of Cooperstown and Oneonta: population, income, housing, and more.

Cooperstown and Oneonta are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oneonta has the higher population (14,467 vs 2,113 in Cooperstown). Cooperstown has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $65,031 in Oneonta). Cooperstown has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $187,800 in Oneonta).

Population, income & housing

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
Population	2,113	14,467
Median age	41.5 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$65,031
Median home value	$376,200	$187,800
Median gross rent	$1,149	$986
Housing units	1,137	6,053
Homeownership rate	54.1%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
Population	1,926 → 2,113 (+9.7%)	13,893 → 14,467 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$57,180 → $70,179 (+22.7%)	$45,971 → $65,031 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $376,200 (+29.0%)	$153,200 → $187,800 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,149 (+19.2%)	$879 → $986 (+12.2%)

Cooperstown

Population

1,9262,113

Median household income

$57,180$70,179

Median home value

$291,700$376,200

Median gross rent

$964$1,149

Oneonta

Population

13,89314,467

Median household income

$45,971$65,031

Median home value

$153,200$187,800

Median gross rent

$879$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
Under 5	2.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	6.4%
18 to 24	17.3%	43.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.5%
75 and over	11.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	13.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
Drove alone	39.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	40.7%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
1-unit, detached	54.0%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	40.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooperstown	Oneonta
Poverty rate	9.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938