Cooperstown vs Worcester

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

Cooperstown and Worcester 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 1,017 in Worcester). Worcester has the higher median household income ($76,731 vs $70,179 in Cooperstown). Cooperstown has the higher median home value ($376,200 vs $140,900 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Cooperstown	Worcester
Population	2,113	1,017
Median age	41.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$76,731
Median home value	$376,200	$140,900
Median gross rent	$1,149	—
Housing units	1,137	368
Homeownership rate	54.1%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooperstown	Worcester
Population	1,926 → 2,113 (+9.7%)	889 → 1,017 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$57,180 → $70,179 (+22.7%)	$46,159 → $76,731 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $376,200 (+29.0%)	$107,100 → $140,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,149 (+19.2%)	$892 → $837 (-6.2%)

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

Worcester

Population

8891,017

Median household income

$46,159$76,731

Median home value

$107,100$140,900

Median gross rent

$892$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooperstown	Worcester
Under 5	2.3%	9.3%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.0%
75 and over	11.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooperstown	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooperstown	Worcester
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooperstown	Worcester
Drove alone	39.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	9.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooperstown	Worcester
1-unit, detached	54.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Cooperstown	Worcester
Poverty rate	9.4%	33.6%
Average household size	2.18	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938