Allerton vs Corydon

A side-by-side comparison of Allerton and Corydon: population, income, housing, and more.

Allerton and Corydon are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corydon has the higher population (1,566 vs 413 in Allerton). Corydon has the higher median household income ($48,988 vs $45,417 in Allerton). Corydon has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $85,000 in Allerton).

Population, income & housing

	Allerton	Corydon
Population	413	1,566
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,417	$48,988
Median home value	$85,000	$88,800
Median gross rent	$583	$738
Housing units	207	736
Homeownership rate	79.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allerton	Corydon
Population	497 → 413 (-16.9%)	1,628 → 1,566 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$39,464 → $45,417 (+15.1%)	$48,229 → $48,988 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$45,800 → $85,000 (+85.6%)	$78,700 → $88,800 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$464 → $583 (+25.6%)	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)

Allerton

Population

497413

Median household income

$39,464$45,417

Median home value

$45,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$464$583

Corydon

Population

1,6281,566

Median household income

$48,229$48,988

Median home value

$78,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$613$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allerton	Corydon
Under 5	4.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	21.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.2%
75 and over	11.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allerton	Corydon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allerton	Corydon
No high school diploma	0.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	56.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allerton	Corydon
Drove alone	82.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allerton	Corydon
1-unit, detached	85.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Allerton	Corydon
Poverty rate	25.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1950	1962