Cordova vs Rockingham

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

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

Rockingham has the higher population (9,094 vs 1,343 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median household income ($65,801 vs $36,695 in Rockingham). Cordova has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $133,900 in Rockingham).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Rockingham
Population	1,343	9,094
Median age	48.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,801	$36,695
Median home value	$155,200	$133,900
Median gross rent	—	$717
Housing units	575	4,414
Homeownership rate	79.8%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	29.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Rockingham
Population	1,473 → 1,343 (-8.8%)	8,865 → 9,094 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$44,958 → $65,801 (+46.4%)	$32,150 → $36,695 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $155,200 (+53.5%)	$97,100 → $133,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $789 (-13.3%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Cordova

Population

1,4731,343

Median household income

$44,958$65,801

Median home value

$101,100$155,200

Median gross rent

$910$789

Rockingham

Population

8,8659,094

Median household income

$32,150$36,695

Median home value

$97,100$133,900

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Rockingham
Under 5	1.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	2.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.8%
75 and over	1.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Rockingham
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	52.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	20.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Rockingham
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Rockingham
Drove alone	94.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Rockingham
1-unit, detached	80.9%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Rockingham
Poverty rate	51.2%	33.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1978	1967