
Kentucky · Census place 17686
Corydon, KY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Corydon, Kentucky (Corydon, KY — Census place “Corydon city”) is 683 residents, ranking #302 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $55,655, the median home is worth $128,800 and median gross rent runs $704 a month. Looking for the Corydon Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Corydon, KY: 42406.
- Population
- 683Corydon city residents
- Median household income
- $55,655Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $128,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $704Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 77%Owner-occupied households
Corydon ZIP codes (Kentucky)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Corydon.
The Corydon KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Corydon city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Corydon city median would spend about 15.2% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.8% of residents and 77% 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, KY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Corydon city is a very small community in Kentucky, with 683 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #302 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 37.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 $55,655 a year, 29.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky 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 26.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Corydon city is valued at $128,800, 57.5% below the national figure and 18% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $704 a month, 49.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,448 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% 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 2.3×, 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. 77% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.
With 683 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Corydon city against its county rather than against national figures.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Kentucky.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Corydon city?
- Corydon city has 683 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #302 of 554 in Kentucky.
- What is the median household income in Corydon city?
- Median household income in Corydon city is $55,655 a year, 29.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Corydon city?
- Median gross rent is $704 a month and the median home value is $128,800, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
- Is Corydon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× 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 15.2% 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.