 About 4.3% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those 65 and older.Cordova is located within the Chugach National Forest at (60.542805, −145.760164).According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.