Cordova vs Roberdel

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

Cordova and Roberdel 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 227 in Roberdel). Roberdel has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $65,801 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $110,400 in Roberdel).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Roberdel
Population	1,343	227
Median age	48.3 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,801	$82,813
Median home value	$155,200	$110,400
Housing units	575	77
Homeownership rate	79.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Roberdel
Population	1,473 → 1,343 (-8.8%)	369 → 227 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$44,958 → $65,801 (+46.4%)	$80,682 → $82,813 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $155,200 (+53.5%)	$83,300 → $110,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $789 (-13.3%)	—

Cordova

Population

1,4731,343

Median household income

$44,958$65,801

Median home value

$101,100$155,200

Median gross rent

$910$789

Roberdel

Population

369227

Median household income

$80,682$82,813

Median home value

$83,300$110,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Roberdel
Under 5	1.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	21.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.5%	19.4%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	40.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	0.0%
75 and over	1.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Roberdel
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Roberdel
No high school diploma	2.8%	17.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Roberdel
Drove alone	94.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
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	Roberdel
1-unit, detached	80.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Roberdel
Poverty rate	51.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1978	1991