Corydon vs Humeston

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

Corydon and Humeston 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 505 in Humeston). Humeston has the higher median household income ($52,446 vs $48,988 in Corydon). Corydon has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $65,000 in Humeston).

Population, income & housing

	Corydon	Humeston
Population	1,566	505
Median age	42.4 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,988	$52,446
Median home value	$88,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	$738	$546
Housing units	736	287
Homeownership rate	61.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corydon	Humeston
Population	1,628 → 1,566 (-3.8%)	484 → 505 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$48,229 → $48,988 (+1.6%)	$37,386 → $52,446 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $88,800 (+12.8%)	$59,700 → $65,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$480 → $546 (+13.8%)

Corydon

Population

1,6281,566

Median household income

$48,229$48,988

Median home value

$78,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$613$738

Humeston

Population

484505

Median household income

$37,386$52,446

Median home value

$59,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$480$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corydon	Humeston
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	18.0%
75 and over	13.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corydon	Humeston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corydon	Humeston
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corydon	Humeston
Drove alone	86.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	21.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corydon	Humeston
1-unit, detached	75.8%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Corydon	Humeston
Poverty rate	15.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1962	1971