Bagdad vs Cordes Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Bagdad and Cordes Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Bagdad and Cordes Lakes are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cordes Lakes has the higher population (3,218 vs 2,757 in Bagdad). Bagdad has the higher median household income ($98,641 vs $55,691 in Cordes Lakes). Since 2019, Bagdad's population has grown faster (+55.4% vs +24.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
Population	2,757	3,218
Median age	23.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,641	$55,691
Median home value	—	$153,600
Median gross rent	$611	$1,110
Housing units	846	1,522
Homeownership rate	4.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
Population	1,774 → 2,757 (+55.4%)	2,586 → 3,218 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$70,795 → $98,641 (+39.3%)	$31,630 → $55,691 (+76.1%)
Median home value	—	$105,900 → $153,600 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $611 (+4.8%)	$674 → $1,110 (+64.7%)

Bagdad

Population

1,7742,757

Median household income

$70,795$98,641

Median gross rent

$583$611

Cordes Lakes

Population

2,5863,218

Median household income

$31,630$55,691

Median home value

$105,900$153,600

Median gross rent

$674$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	3.2%	24.4%
65 to 74	2.0%	19.5%
75 and over	1.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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	5.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	59.2%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
No high school diploma	3.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
Drove alone	82.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
1-unit, detached	43.1%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	50.1%

Poverty & households

	Bagdad	Cordes Lakes
Poverty rate	14.3%	7.7%
Average household size	3.48	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	9	34
Median year structure built	1981	1987