Cordova vs Hamlet

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

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

Hamlet has the higher population (6,000 vs 1,343 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median household income ($65,801 vs $38,500 in Hamlet). Cordova has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $103,800 in Hamlet).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Hamlet
Population	1,343	6,000
Median age	48.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,801	$38,500
Median home value	$155,200	$103,800
Median gross rent	—	$553
Housing units	575	2,992
Homeownership rate	79.8%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Hamlet
Population	1,473 → 1,343 (-8.8%)	6,331 → 6,000 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$44,958 → $65,801 (+46.4%)	$35,221 → $38,500 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $155,200 (+53.5%)	$90,600 → $103,800 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $789 (-13.3%)	$586 → $553 (-5.6%)

Cordova

Population

1,4731,343

Median household income

$44,958$65,801

Median home value

$101,100$155,200

Median gross rent

$910$789

Hamlet

Population

6,3316,000

Median household income

$35,221$38,500

Median home value

$90,600$103,800

Median gross rent

$586$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Hamlet
Under 5	1.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	21.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.7%
75 and over	1.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Hamlet
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	54.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	41.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Hamlet
No high school diploma	2.8%	15.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Hamlet
Drove alone	94.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Hamlet
1-unit, detached	80.9%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Hamlet
Poverty rate	51.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1978	1963