City · Wayne County, Iowa

Corydon, Iowa

Corydon is a city in Wayne County, Iowa. It has 1,628 residents. Corydon, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,170 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #241 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), gyms and fitness centers (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), broadband subscriptions (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,170 of 15,651 cities and towns
Iowa: #241 of 281 in IA
Population: 1,628 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,190.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1916635

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety91#1,426/15,637
Economy31#10,737/15,631
Housing81#2,851/14,977
Health39#9,587/15,609
Healthcare40#9,385/15,650
Environment82#2,763/15,453
Education47#8,231/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,070/15,650
Community46#8,396/15,651
Leisure & amenities90#1,531/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Corydon, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wayne County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public libraries · high6.0 /10k
99/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWayne County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high3.0 /10k
99/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWayne County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Iowa 11.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWayne County value
Property crime rate · low272 /100k
98/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWayne County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Iowa 2.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Grocery stores · high3.0 /10k
94/100Iowa 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWayne County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Iowa 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWayne County value
Broadband subscriptions · low76.4%
2/100Iowa 88.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWayne County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low35.8%
4/100Iowa 80.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWayne County value
Mental health providers · low45 /100k
5/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWayne County value
Job growth · low-2.3%
11/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWayne County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
23.2% (2015-2019) → 11.4% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
90.6% (2015-2019) → 96.2% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 11.5% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.1% (2015-2019) → 76.4% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.5% (2015-2019) → 40.5% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.4% (2015-2019) → 19.1% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Corydon, Iowa improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Corydon, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	18.1 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Broadband subscriptions	72.1%2015-2019	76.4%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Effective property tax rate	1.29%2015-2019	1.83%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4172015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.025	Within the margin of error	30%
Median household income	$48,2292015-2019	$51,2502020-2024	+6.3%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	16.4%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	36.5%2015-2019	40.5%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	2.3%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Corydon, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Corydon, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Corydon, Iowa itself moved −6.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,628 residents (±193)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−5.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,628 residents (±193)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

White90%1,470
Black0.7%†12
Hispanic or Latino2.2%†35

Education

1,175 residents (±120)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

No high school diploma3.8%†45
High school or GED45%527
Some college17%194

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

683 households (±75)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k18%†120
$25k–50k32%218
$50k–75k17%†115
$75k–100k11%†74
$100k–150k16%†109
$150k–200k2.9%†20
$200k or more4.0%†27

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

683 households (±75)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Own67%459
Rent33%224

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

205 households (±51)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $75044%†91
$750–1,00034%†69
$1,000–1,50019%†39

Home values

459 homes (±59)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $150k72%330
$150k–250k19%†88
$250k–400k8.1%†37

Age of homes

756 homes (±73)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

2010 or later2.5%†19
2000–20095.2%†39
1980–199910%†78

Size of homes

756 homes (±73)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom14%†105
2 bedrooms32%241

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

642 workers (±91)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone84%542
Carpool4.5%†29
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.6%†23
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.1%†26
Other3.4%†22

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

616 workers (±89)

Corydon, Iowa
Iowa share

Under 15 min61%375
15–29 min21%†128
30–44 min9.4%†58

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Wayne County, the county holding most of Corydon's residents.

Wayne County has 143 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Iowa's), with 1,596 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,313. The Census Bureau also counts 665 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 143; 665 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 1,596
Average annual pay: $52,313; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Wayne County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	12	18.3	3.62×More than typical	51	$51,255	51
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	15.3	3.03×More than typical	64	$8,672	16
Religious organizations	9	13.7	2.48×Too few to compare	15	$13,933	—
Specialty trade contractors	9	13.7	0.89×Too few to compare	43	$42,419	87
Restaurants and other eating places	8	12.2	0.67×Too few to compare	80	$11,338	3
Gasoline stations	6	9.2	2.83×Too few to compare	59	$20,237	—
Other specialty trade contractors	6	9.2	3.65×Too few to compare	30	$44,433	29
Ambulatory health care services	4	6.1	0.29×Too few to compare	16	$47,250	11
Banks and credit unions	4	6.1	1.89×Too few to compare	26	$53,577	—
Full-service restaurants	4	6.1	0.80×Too few to compare	52	$10,846	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	6.1	1.39×Too few to compare	14	$50,643	7
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	3	4.6	1.72×Too few to compare	3	$9,000	7

Rank places for an industry Open Wayne County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,547 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Corydon is mostly in Wayne County.

See federal money in Wayne County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Corydon, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Zachary NunnR-IA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 4.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Wayne County68100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wayne County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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