Cordova vs Parrish

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

Cordova and Parrish 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 1,093 in Parrish). Cordova has the higher median household income ($38,190 vs $25,769 in Parrish). Cordova has the higher median home value ($62,800 vs $49,900 in Parrish).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Parrish
Population	1,723	1,093
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,190	$25,769
Median home value	$62,800	$49,900
Median gross rent	$381	$1,033
Housing units	814	510
Homeownership rate	67.7%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Parrish
Population	2,006 → 1,723 (-14.1%)	1,087 → 1,093 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$29,606 → $38,190 (+29.0%)	$35,625 → $25,769 (-27.7%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $62,800 (-2.0%)	$35,800 → $49,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $381 (-31.7%)	$592 → $1,033 (+74.5%)

Cordova

Population

2,0061,723

Median household income

$29,606$38,190

Median home value

$64,100$62,800

Median gross rent

$558$381

Parrish

Population

1,0871,093

Median household income

$35,625$25,769

Median home value

$35,800$49,900

Median gross rent

$592$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Parrish
Under 5	2.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.1%
75 and over	8.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Parrish
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	67.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Parrish
No high school diploma	24.8%	33.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Parrish
Drove alone	75.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	18.4%	19.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Parrish
1-unit, detached	64.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Parrish
Poverty rate	21.2%	33.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1963	1962