What is the population of Corning city?

Corning city has 1,573 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #204 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Corning city?

Median household income in Corning city is $60,446 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Corning city?

Median gross rent is $750 a month and the median home value is $84,700, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.

Is Corning city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Corning city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Corning, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Corning, Iowa (Corning, IA — Census place “Corning city”) is 1,573 residents, ranking #204 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $60,446, the median home is worth $84,700 and median gross rent runs $750 a month. Looking for the Corning Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Corning, IA: 50841.

Population: 1,573Corning city residents
Median household income: $60,446Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $84,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $750Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.2%Owner-occupied households

Corning ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Corning.

The Corning IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

50841

What the numbers mean in Corning city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Corning city median would spend about 14.9% 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 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 72.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Corning city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Corning city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,573 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #204 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 46.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Corning city earn a median of $60,446 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Corning city is valued at $84,700, 72.1% below the national figure and 46% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $750 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Corning city?: Corning city has 1,573 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #204 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Corning city?: Median household income in Corning city is $60,446 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Corning city?: Median gross rent is $750 a month and the median home value is $84,700, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
Is Corning city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Corning city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Corning city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.