Cordele vs Wenona

A side-by-side comparison of Cordele and Wenona: population, income, housing, and more.

Cordele and Wenona are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cordele has the higher population (10,107 vs 233 in Wenona). Wenona has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $31,564 in Cordele). Wenona has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $110,700 in Cordele).

Population, income & housing

	Cordele	Wenona
Population	10,107	233
Median age	35.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,564	$38,750
Median home value	$110,700	$330,300
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	5,022	90
Homeownership rate	34.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordele	Wenona
Population	10,752 → 10,107 (-6.0%)	201 → 233 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$21,350 → $31,564 (+47.8%)	$26,708 → $38,750 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$75,100 → $110,700 (+47.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$602 → $761 (+26.4%)	—

Cordele

Population

10,75210,107

Median household income

$21,350$31,564

Median home value

$75,100$110,700

Median gross rent

$602$761

Wenona

Population

201233

Median household income

$26,708$38,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordele	Wenona
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	36.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.3%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordele	Wenona
White (non-Hispanic)	22.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	72.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordele	Wenona
No high school diploma	18.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	33.7%	63.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordele	Wenona
Drove alone	82.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	25.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordele	Wenona
1-unit, detached	56.8%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	36.7%

Poverty & households

	Cordele	Wenona
Poverty rate	34.3%	15.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1977	1958