Photo: Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA · CC BY 2.0More people are out of work in Cordova (8.4%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
2.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.1% across Alaska. Cordova grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Cordova is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cordova’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cordova is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cordova’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cordova could be anywhere from C− to B.
A commute of about 7 minutes in Cordova
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cordova workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,147 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Alaska: 72% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Cordova is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cordova is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 25.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,195 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Cordova households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cordova’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Cordova comes 2,843rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,626 | North Pole AK | 2,477 | $92K | 4.9% | 4.6% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,748 | Bear Creek AK | 1,732 | $96K | 3.1% | 6.7% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,981 | Kodiak Station AK | 1,823 | $84K | 3.2% | 0.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Cannon AFB NM | 2,405 | $63K | 8.5% | 18.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,842 | Beacon Hill WA | 1,804 | $87K | 15.5% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,843 | Cordova AK | 2,401 | $85K | 2.9% | 8.4% | — | C+ |
| 2,844 | Concord Township MI | 2,721 | $64K | 12.4% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,845 | Windham NY | 1,701 | $76K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cordova, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cordova: questions
What is the median household income in Cordova?
$85,132 (±$14,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cordova?
2.9%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cordova?
7 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Is Cordova walkable?
Cordova is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cordova without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cordova, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cordova
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.