Cooperstown vs Richfield Springs

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

Cooperstown and Richfield Springs 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 1,096 in Richfield Springs). Cooperstown has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $55,417 in Richfield Springs). Cooperstown has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $132,500 in Richfield Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
Population	2,113	1,096
Median age	41.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$55,417
Median home value	$376,200	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,149	$759
Housing units	1,137	483
Homeownership rate	54.1%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
Population	1,926 → 2,113 (+9.7%)	1,016 → 1,096 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$57,180 → $70,179 (+22.7%)	$40,764 → $55,417 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $376,200 (+29.0%)	$108,100 → $132,500 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,149 (+19.2%)	$670 → $759 (+13.3%)

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

Richfield Springs

Population

1,0161,096

Median household income

$40,764$55,417

Median home value

$108,100$132,500

Median gross rent

$670$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
Under 5	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	17.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.8%
75 and over	11.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
No high school diploma	2.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
Drove alone	39.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
1-unit, detached	54.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cooperstown	Richfield Springs
Poverty rate	9.4%	29.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938