Cooperstown vs Polk

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

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

Polk has the higher population (692 vs 380 in Cooperstown). Cooperstown has the higher median household income ($61,058 vs $44,250 in Polk). Cooperstown has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $87,500 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Cooperstown	Polk
Population	380	692
Median age	48.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,058	$44,250
Median home value	$112,500	$87,500
Median gross rent	$943	$689
Housing units	182	281
Homeownership rate	85.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooperstown	Polk
Population	405 → 380 (-6.2%)	747 → 692 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$51,518 → $61,058 (+18.5%)	$57,045 → $44,250 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $112,500 (+33.3%)	$62,200 → $87,500 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $943 (+49.0%)	$607 → $689 (+13.5%)

Cooperstown

Population

405380

Median household income

$51,518$61,058

Median home value

$84,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$633$943

Polk

Population

747692

Median household income

$57,045$44,250

Median home value

$62,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$607$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooperstown	Polk
Under 5	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.8%
75 and over	10.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooperstown	Polk
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooperstown	Polk
No high school diploma	8.3%	24.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooperstown	Polk
Drove alone	68.2%	92.9%
Carpooled	19.9%	1.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooperstown	Polk
1-unit, detached	91.2%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Cooperstown	Polk
Poverty rate	6.6%	35.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1962	1951