Best PlacesCooperstown Junction, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cooperstown Junction, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cooperstown Junction ranks 23,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cooperstown Junction
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cooperstown Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cooperstown Junction ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Cooperstown Junction ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cooperstown Junction
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cooperstown Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,924, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cooperstown Junction's effective rate of 1.24%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cooperstown Junction
Cooperstown Junction runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cooperstown Junction.
Who works in Cooperstown Junction, and how
Work in Cooperstown Junction centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Cooperstown Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cooperstown Junction.
What the weather is like in Cooperstown Junction, month by month
Cooperstown Junction sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Cooperstown Junction
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cooperstown Junction
Schools across Cooperstown Junction average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valleyview Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oneonta Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Oneonta Senior High SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cooperstown Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cooperstown Junction measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cooperstown Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cooperstown Junction
Is Cooperstown Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cooperstown Junction ranks 23,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, clean air, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cooperstown Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,258. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $73,924 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Cooperstown Junction safe?
Yes, Cooperstown Junction is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare Cooperstown Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cooperstown Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cooperstown Junction represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cooperstown Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cooperstown Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cooperstown Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cooperstown Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cooperstown Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cooperstown Junction detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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