Carbon Hill vs Cordova

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon Hill and Cordova: population, income, housing, and more.

Carbon Hill and Cordova are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cordova has the higher population (1,723 vs 1,440 in Carbon Hill). Cordova has the higher median household income ($38,190 vs $22,283 in Carbon Hill). Carbon Hill has the higher median home value ($78,200 vs $62,800 in Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
Population	1,440	1,723
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$22,283	$38,190
Median home value	$78,200	$62,800
Median gross rent	$415	$381
Housing units	902	814
Homeownership rate	65.0%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
Population	1,441 → 1,440 (-0.1%)	2,006 → 1,723 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$28,864 → $22,283 (-22.8%)	$29,606 → $38,190 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $78,200 (+21.6%)	$64,100 → $62,800 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $415 (-28.3%)	$558 → $381 (-31.7%)

Carbon Hill

Population

1,4411,440

Median household income

$28,864$22,283

Median home value

$64,300$78,200

Median gross rent

$579$415

Cordova

Population

2,0061,723

Median household income

$29,606$38,190

Median home value

$64,100$62,800

Median gross rent

$558$381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
Under 5	4.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	16.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.9%
75 and over	11.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	14.3%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
No high school diploma	29.6%	24.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
Drove alone	87.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
1-unit, detached	55.2%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Hill	Cordova
Poverty rate	35.3%	21.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1971	1963