Work & commute · Cordova

Work & commute in Cordova, NC

Most working residents leave Cordova for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockingham (17%), Hamlet (6%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 641 Cordova residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cordova.

641live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cordova goes to work

Rockingham3.4 mi away

17%113

Hamlet6.1 mi away

6%39

Charlotte61.1 mi away

4%26

Cordova (in town)right here

4%25

Laurinburg21.7 mi away

3%22

Fayetteville48.9 mi away

2%14

Cheraw, SC16 mi away

2%14

Southern Pines30.3 mi away

2%13

Pinehurst27.3 mi away

2%13

Raleigh91.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%375

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cordova commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

13%

18%

30%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cordova is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cordova are

452 jobs are based in Cordova. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cordova’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cordova

452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cordova residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+286%

Jobs based in Cordova, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 452. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.