About Corydon

Corydon is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,811 people and just one neighborhood, Corydon is the 137th largest community in Kentucky.

Corydon is a blue-collar town, with 45.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Corydon is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Corydon who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.33%), sales jobs (5.99%), and healthcare (5.29%).

Corydon is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Corydon isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.04% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Corydon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Corydon Information and Demographics

The citizens of Corydon have a very low rate of college education: just 8.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Corydon in 2000 was $15,827, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,308 for a family of four.

The people who call Corydon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Corydon is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Corydon include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Corydon is English.