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Cordova city, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Cordova city is a Census city of 2,453 people across 61.35 square miles of land, in Chugach Census Area. Median household income is $85,132, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
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Cordova
What Cordova is
- Census place typecity
- Land area61.35 sq mi
- Water area13.79 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land40
- County holding the largest share of its areaChugach Census Area, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cordova
How many people live in Cordova
- Population2,453
- Median age37.8
- Population under 18462 plus or minus 104
- Share under 1818.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over497 plus or minus 124
- Share 65 and over20.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households1,010
- Family households713
- Share of households that are families70.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cordova
Income and work in Cordova
- Median household income$85,132
- Per capita income$42,392
- Civilian labor force1,172
- Employed1,073
- Unemployed99 plus or minus 47
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over1,720
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cordova
Housing in Cordova
- Housing units1,267
- Occupied units1,010
- Vacant units257 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate20.3 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied653
- Renter occupied357 plus or minus 96
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$419,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,200 plus or minus $273
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units838
- Share single family66.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more291 plus or minus 85
- Share in buildings of two or more23.0 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes138 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cordova
How Cordova gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,147
- Commuting under 15 minutes957
- Share commuting under 15 minutes83.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more2.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Drove alone57.6 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked20.3 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Worked from home4.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cordova
SBA loans in Cordova (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,232,500
- Average approval$246,500
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$350,000
- Jobs supported60
- Jobs per approval12.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cordova
SBA loans in Cordova (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$212,000
- Average approval$212,000
- Median approval$212,000
- Largest approval$212,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chugach Census Area, not Cordova
Chugach Census Area context, not Cordova figures
These are Chugach Census Area figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cordova measurements.
- Establishments in Chugach Census Area379
- Employment at those establishments, Chugach Census Area2,076
- Covered employment, Chugach Census Area3,593
- Average annual pay, Chugach Census Area$74,978
- Average weekly wage, Chugach Census Area$1,442
- Housing units permitted, Chugach Census Area25
- Of those, single family, Chugach Census Area18
- County product, 2024, Chugach Census Area$1,472,506,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chugach Census Area-10.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chugach Census Area$64,573
Every figure in this section is published for Chugach Census Area as a whole and is not a measurement of Cordova. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cordova questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cordova, Alaska?
2,453, in 1,010 households. Cordova city covers 61.35 square miles of land, which is 40 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cordova in?
Chugach Census Area, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cordova?
$85,132. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $419,400. Median gross rent is $1,200 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cordova businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $212,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cordova, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cordova borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Cordova. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Cordova figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chugach Census Area as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cordova.
Is zoning published for Cordova?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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