Housing in Cordova at a glance
- Population
- about 84,708
- Housing units
- about 35,238
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $256,000Memphis: $169,000 (+51%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,490 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (+26%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51.6%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 17%
- Median year built
- 1992
Rent is Cordova's headline figure: $1,490, the highest of the ten Memphis planning districts and 26% above the $1,181 across Memphis. Cordova lies north-east of the centre, and its owners estimate home values at $256,000, fourth of ten and 51% beyond the Memphis-wide $169,000. The housing is also the newest in the city, as only 17% of the stock is from before 1980, and construction centres on 1992. Ownership stands at 51.6% of households, ahead of the 44.9% citywide. The neighbours diverge widely. East is higher, with $338,000 in value; Raleigh comes in lower, near $155,000; and Jackson stands lowest, with $95,000, and 90.7% of its homes built before 1980. Raleigh's rent is $1,160 and Jackson's $1,070, while East reaches $1,430, so Cordova's rent leads each of these neighbours as well as the rest of the city.
Questions about Cordova
What is the median home value in Cordova, Memphis?
$256,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $169,000 for Memphis as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Cordova?
$1,490 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,181 in Memphis (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Cordova own or rent?
Most own: 51.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 44.9% in Memphis (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 19 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Cordova is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 84,708 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Memphis GIS, Memphis 3.0 Planning Districts, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Memphis as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Cordova
The closest sectors of Memphis, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Memphis
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Cordova. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Cordova? Ask for your spot.