Cooperstown vs Otego

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

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

Cooperstown has the higher population (2,113 vs 965 in Otego). Otego has the higher median household income ($76,908 vs $70,179 in Cooperstown). Cooperstown has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $173,800 in Otego).

Population, income & housing

	Cooperstown	Otego
Population	2,113	965
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$76,908
Median home value	$376,200	$173,800
Median gross rent	$1,149	$929
Housing units	1,137	461
Homeownership rate	54.1%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooperstown	Otego
Population	1,926 → 2,113 (+9.7%)	921 → 965 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,180 → $70,179 (+22.7%)	$51,538 → $76,908 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $376,200 (+29.0%)	$140,700 → $173,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,149 (+19.2%)	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)

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

Otego

Population

921965

Median household income

$51,538$76,908

Median home value

$140,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$670$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooperstown	Otego
Under 5	2.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	17.3%	13.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooperstown	Otego
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooperstown	Otego
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	13.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooperstown	Otego
Drove alone	39.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooperstown	Otego
1-unit, detached	54.0%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cooperstown	Otego
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1938	1956