Cordova vs Norway

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

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

Norway has the higher population (279 vs 160 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $47,632 in Norway). Norway has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $85,000 in Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Norway
Population	160	279
Median age	28.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$47,632
Median home value	$85,000	$126,700
Median gross rent	$890	$853
Housing units	55	152
Homeownership rate	58.2%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Norway
Population	310 → 160 (-48.4%)	329 → 279 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $73,750 (+27.3%)	$39,722 → $47,632 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $85,000 (-33.2%)	$95,700 → $126,700 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $890 (+30.7%)	$668 → $853 (+27.7%)

Cordova

Population

310160

Median household income

$57,917$73,750

Median home value

$127,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$681$890

Norway

Population

329279

Median household income

$39,722$47,632

Median home value

$95,700$126,700

Median gross rent

$668$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Norway
Under 5	6.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	29.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	3.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	21.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	15.4%
75 and over	3.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Norway
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	27.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	64.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Norway
No high school diploma	10.9%	17.7%
High school graduate	30.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Norway
Drove alone	80.0%	63.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	35.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Norway
1-unit, detached	76.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Norway
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1960	1971