Cordova vs Dobbins Heights

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

Cordova and Dobbins Heights are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cordova has the higher population (1,343 vs 711 in Dobbins Heights). Cordova has the higher median household income ($65,801 vs $21,389 in Dobbins Heights). Cordova has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $50,800 in Dobbins Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
Population	1,343	711
Median age	48.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,801	$21,389
Median home value	$155,200	$50,800
Median gross rent	—	$665
Housing units	575	459
Homeownership rate	79.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	31.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
Population	1,473 → 1,343 (-8.8%)	874 → 711 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$44,958 → $65,801 (+46.4%)	$23,382 → $21,389 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $155,200 (+53.5%)	$50,300 → $50,800 (+1.0%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $789 (-13.3%)	$463 → $665 (+43.6%)

Cordova

Population

1,4731,343

Median household income

$44,958$65,801

Median home value

$101,100$155,200

Median gross rent

$910$789

Dobbins Heights

Population

874711

Median household income

$23,382$21,389

Median home value

$50,300$50,800

Median gross rent

$463$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	2.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	24.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.5%
75 and over	1.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	12.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	81.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
No high school diploma	2.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
Drove alone	94.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	20.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
1-unit, detached	80.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	32.9%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Dobbins Heights
Poverty rate	51.2%	40.2%
Average household size	2.74	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1978	1974