Corydon vs Seymour

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

Corydon and Seymour 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 558 in Seymour). Corydon has the higher median household income ($48,988 vs $45,000 in Seymour). Corydon has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $78,600 in Seymour).

Population, income & housing

	Corydon	Seymour
Population	1,566	558
Median age	42.4 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,988	$45,000
Median home value	$88,800	$78,600
Median gross rent	$738	$544
Housing units	736	337
Homeownership rate	61.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corydon	Seymour
Population	1,628 → 1,566 (-3.8%)	567 → 558 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$48,229 → $48,988 (+1.6%)	$34,318 → $45,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $88,800 (+12.8%)	$43,900 → $78,600 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$517 → $544 (+5.2%)

Corydon

Population

1,6281,566

Median household income

$48,229$48,988

Median home value

$78,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$613$738

Seymour

Population

567558

Median household income

$34,318$45,000

Median home value

$43,900$78,600

Median gross rent

$517$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corydon	Seymour
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.1%
75 and over	13.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corydon	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.9%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corydon	Seymour
No high school diploma	7.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corydon	Seymour
Drove alone	86.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corydon	Seymour
1-unit, detached	75.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Corydon	Seymour
Poverty rate	15.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1962	1942