Coopersburg is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,494 people and four associated neighborhoods, Coopersburg is the 583rd largest community in Pennsylvania.Coopersburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Coopersburg is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coopersburg who work in office and administrative support (13.99%), sales jobs (10.41%), and management occupations (8.62%). Of important note, Coopersburg is also a borough of artists. Coopersburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Coopersburg’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Coopersburg is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Coopersburg is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.39% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Coopersburg in 2022 was $38,790, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,160 for a family of four. However, Coopersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coopersburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Coopersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coopersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coopersburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Coopersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Hungarian and German/Yiddish.
