Ranked #739 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Shelby County · Memphis metro · 2 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 2 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Cordova 38018 at 42, ranked #631 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Cordova scores 27
-2,227 in five years, -4,735 forecast
82,747 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 2.9 mi · 0 of 2 ZIP areas with none within 6 mi (10 km). By the owner's ruling, how near a Church of God church is carries no weight in the score.
- Strongest ZIP area
- Cordova 3801842#631
- Weakest ZIP area
- Cordova 3801614
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 2 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 1 of 2
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 2
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 2
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Shelby County: 68.6% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Non-denominational Christian Churches · 1,449 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Cordova
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova 38018 | 38,357 | +1,140 | +740 | 7 | 2.9 mi | 885 | 42 | #631 | — |
| Cordova 38016 | 44,390 | -3,367 | -5,475 | 6 | 4.0 mi | 808 | 14 | #1,077 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 82,747 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 50.2%
- 41,558
- White, not Hispanic
- 33.5%
- 27,736
- Hispanic or Latino
- 7.6%
- 6,263
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 4.7%
- 3,877
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.0%
- 3,313
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 28.4%
- 9,240 of 32,580 households
- Below the poverty level
- 8.6%
- 7,089 of the 82,113 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 5.0%
- 2,339 of a labor force of 47,053
- High school or higher
- 94.9%
- of 56,134 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 43.6%
- of 56,134 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 5.2%
- 4,055 people aged 5 and over, 1,975 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 9.0%
- 7,413 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 60.7%
- 19,770 owned, 12,810 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $75,719 (Cordova 38016) to $89,627 (Cordova 38018)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 36.9 yrs (Cordova 38018) to 37.5 yrs (Cordova 38016)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $255,300 (Cordova 38018) to $261,700 (Cordova 38016)
Sums are exact across the city’s ZIP areas. Medians cannot be summed, so each is shown as its range across the ZIP areas that publish one. ACS 2019–2023 five-year estimates by ZIP area. Medians are ZIP-level medians, not averages. An em dash means the Census Bureau publishes no estimate; it never means zero.
Futuros — the Hispanic picture
- Hispanic residents
- 6,263
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +1,744
- +38.6%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 7.6%
- Venezuelan origin
- 1,409
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Cordova 3801871
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 69.6
No official Hispanic forecast exists below state level, so the Futuros score looks forward on the observed five-year shift.
Open the Futuros view →Arrivals
- Moved in from another state, past year
- 2,263
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 420
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Venezuela1,352
- Mexico950
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan751
- Vietnam695
- India536
- Egypt427
- Honduras271
- Saudi Arabia198
New homes
- Shelby County · 5,255 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×2668 · 2–4 ×48 · 5+ ×2539
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
2 Church of God churches are filed in its ZIP areas.
Every church that could be matched to a state-office report has filed something, or has a dated online presence.
No church here is on a falling attendance trend.
Church of God churches in Cordova
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camino a Zion | Cordova 38018 | Marta Alicia Duran Arevalo | (901) 216-4488 | |
| Redemption City Church | Memphis 38134 | William Joseph Buttram | Website · (901) 388-3360 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Cordova is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Cordova — the city everyone means, not the incorporated limits. The score is the population-weighted average of those ZIP areas’ planting scores (86% growth, 14% viability; how near a Church of God church is carries no weight); a plant goes in a ZIP area, and the ranking to plant on is the ZIP area’s own. Church of God counts are the churches filed in those ZIP areas; the rings on each ZIP area still count every church within reach, across city and county lines.