Being a small city, Cordele does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Cordele are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.65% of adults in Cordele have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Cordele in 2022 was $22,633, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,532 for a family of four. However, Cordele contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cordele also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cordele is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cordele home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cordele residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cordele include English, Swedish, African, Dutch, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Cordele is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Langs. of India.
