Georgia · Census place 19616
Cordele, GA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Cordele, Georgia (Cordele, GA — Census place “Cordele city”) is 10,107 residents, ranking #112 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $31,564, the median home is worth $110,700 and median gross rent runs $761 a month. Looking for the Cordele Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cordele, GA: 31015.
- Population
- 10,107Cordele city residents
- Median household income
- $31,564Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $110,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $761Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 34.9%Owner-occupied households
Cordele ZIP codes (Georgia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cordele.
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What the numbers mean in Cordele city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cordele city median would spend about 28.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 34.3% of residents and 34.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cordele city, GA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Cordele city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 10,107 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #112 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Cordele city earn a median of $31,564 a year, 59.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 34.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Cordele city is valued at $110,700, 63.5% below the national figure and 42% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $761 a month, 45.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 34.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Georgia.
- Cairo city 10,067
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- Fort Stewart CDP 9,976
- Flowery Branch city 10,286
- Locust Grove city 9,931
- Fort Oglethorpe city 10,332
- Jesup city 9,863
- Garden City city 10,375
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Cordele city?
- Cordele city has 10,107 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 675 in Georgia.
- What is the median household income in Cordele city?
- Median household income in Cordele city is $31,564 a year, 59.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cordele city?
- Median gross rent is $761 a month and the median home value is $110,700, so rent absorbs about 28.9% of median household income.
- Is Cordele city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cordele city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Cordele city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.