What is the population of Corydon city?

Corydon city has 1,566 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #205 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Corydon city?

Median household income in Corydon city is $48,988 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $738 a month and the median home value is $88,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Corydon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Corydon, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Corydon, Iowa (Corydon, IA — Census place “Corydon city”) is 1,566 residents, ranking #205 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $48,988, the median home is worth $88,800 and median gross rent runs $738 a month. Looking for the Corydon Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Corydon, IA: 50060.

Population: 1,566Corydon city residents
Median household income: $48,988Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $88,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $738Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.8%Owner-occupied households

Corydon ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Corydon.

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

50060

What the numbers mean in Corydon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Corydon city median would spend about 18.1% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 61.8% of households own their home.

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

Corydon city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Corydon city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,566 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #205 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Corydon city earn a median of $48,988 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 28% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa 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 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Corydon city is valued at $88,800, 70.7% below the national figure and 43% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $738 a month, 47.5% below the national figure, or roughly $8,856 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% 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 1.8×, 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. 61.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.

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 Corydon city?: Corydon city has 1,566 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #205 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Corydon city?: Median household income in Corydon city is $48,988 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Corydon city?: Median gross rent is $738 a month and the median home value is $88,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Corydon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Corydon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Corydon 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.