Cordova vs East Rockingham

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

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

East Rockingham has the higher population (3,177 vs 1,343 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median household income ($65,801 vs $33,206 in East Rockingham). Cordova has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $102,700 in East Rockingham).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	East Rockingham
Population	1,343	3,177
Median age	48.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,801	$33,206
Median home value	$155,200	$102,700
Median gross rent	—	$827
Housing units	575	1,631
Homeownership rate	79.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	East Rockingham
Population	1,473 → 1,343 (-8.8%)	3,086 → 3,177 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$44,958 → $65,801 (+46.4%)	$22,227 → $33,206 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $155,200 (+53.5%)	$50,000 → $102,700 (+105.4%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $789 (-13.3%)	$780 → $827 (+6.0%)

Cordova

Population

1,4731,343

Median household income

$44,958$65,801

Median home value

$101,100$155,200

Median gross rent

$910$789

East Rockingham

Population

3,0863,177

Median household income

$22,227$33,206

Median home value

$50,000$102,700

Median gross rent

$780$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	East Rockingham
Under 5	1.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	28.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	2.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	21.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.7%
75 and over	1.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	East Rockingham
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	64.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	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	20.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	East Rockingham
No high school diploma	2.8%	17.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	East Rockingham
Drove alone	94.2%	95.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	East Rockingham
1-unit, detached	80.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	East Rockingham
Poverty rate	51.2%	33.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1978	1970