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Cordova, NC

1,372 Population
2.1 square miles 643.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,667 ±$9,252 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $25,908 ±$1,635
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,952 ±$43,423 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $44,883 † ±$5,326
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

46.7% ±30.9% (641  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 25.2% † 10,429 (±3.7% / ±1,511)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±1.9 (10,650  ±5,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 24.1 398,615 (±1.5 / ±34,388)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

496 ±170 Number of households
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 17,026 ±468
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (1,372  ±589) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 2.4 41,349 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.4% ±17.9% (34  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 6.6% † 628 (±2.4% / ±229)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

538 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 19,893 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,000 ±$27,277 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $127,800 † ±$20,258
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

91.3% ±46.9% (932  ±303.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 83.5% 24,123 (±4.3% / ±1,268.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.9% ±6.2% (91  ±72.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16% † 4,633 (±2.1% / ±612.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

4.1% ±4.3% (48  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,838 (±1.1% / ±345)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±54 48 Male ±54 N/A Female ±14

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