Best PlacesCooperstown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cooperstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cooperstown ranks 23,610th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on heat safety, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cooperstown
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cooperstown ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Cooperstown ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cooperstown
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cooperstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,319, 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's effective rate of 1.07%, 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
Cooperstown 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.
Who works in Cooperstown, and how
Work in Cooperstown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cooperstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cooperstown.
What the weather is like in Cooperstown, month by month
Cooperstown sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cooperstown
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cooperstown
Schools across Cooperstown average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasantville El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Valley Grove El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Maplewood El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oil City Area MsC · 35% proficient
- Titusville MsC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Oil City ShsA · 70% proficient
- Rocky Grove JshsA− · 60% proficient
- Cochranton JshsB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cooperstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cooperstown 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cooperstown
Is Cooperstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cooperstown ranks 23,610th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and a stable housing market, and lowest on a weak job market and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cooperstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,237. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $64,319 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Cooperstown safe?
Yes, Cooperstown is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Cooperstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cooperstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cooperstown 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cooperstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cooperstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cooperstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cooperstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cooperstown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.