Cordova vs Rapids City

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

Cordova and Rapids City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rapids City has the higher population (1,012 vs 633 in Cordova). Rapids City has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $75,588 in Cordova). Rapids City has the higher median home value ($207,600 vs $177,400 in Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Rapids City
Population	633	1,012
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,588	$90,750
Median home value	$177,400	$207,600
Median gross rent	$956	—
Housing units	315	464
Homeownership rate	80.9%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Rapids City
Population	752 → 633 (-15.8%)	1,065 → 1,012 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$65,083 → $75,588 (+16.1%)	$75,536 → $90,750 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $177,400 (+24.0%)	$180,100 → $207,600 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $956 (+25.8%)	$908 → $1,193 (+31.4%)

Cordova

Population

752633

Median household income

$65,083$75,588

Median home value

$143,100$177,400

Median gross rent

$760$956

Rapids City

Population

1,0651,012

Median household income

$75,536$90,750

Median home value

$180,100$207,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Rapids City
Under 5	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.1%
75 and over	9.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Rapids City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Rapids City
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Rapids City
Drove alone	83.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Rapids City
1-unit, detached	89.5%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Rapids City
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1974	1974