Corydon vs Henderson

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

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

Henderson has the higher population (27,994 vs 683 in Corydon). Corydon has the higher median household income ($55,655 vs $47,176 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $128,800 in Corydon).

Population, income & housing

	Corydon	Henderson
Population	683	27,994
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,655	$47,176
Median home value	$128,800	$151,400
Median gross rent	$704	$788
Housing units	254	13,516
Homeownership rate	77.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corydon	Henderson
Population	839 → 683 (-18.6%)	28,625 → 27,994 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $55,655 (+26.2%)	$39,887 → $47,176 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $128,800 (+64.5%)	$120,700 → $151,400 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $704 (-2.1%)	$685 → $788 (+15.0%)

Corydon

Population

839683

Median household income

$44,107$55,655

Median home value

$78,300$128,800

Median gross rent

$719$704

Henderson

Population

28,62527,994

Median household income

$39,887$47,176

Median home value

$120,700$151,400

Median gross rent

$685$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corydon	Henderson
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	23.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	3.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corydon	Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	13.0%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corydon	Henderson
No high school diploma	19.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corydon	Henderson
Drove alone	87.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corydon	Henderson
1-unit, detached	75.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Corydon	Henderson
Poverty rate	26.8%	19.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1974	1974