Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Corydon has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Corydon; the top destination outside it is Henderson (36%, 10 miles). Corydon has 27 jobs, and 308 of its residents work somewhere. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Corydon
Corydon is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Corydon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Corydon has about 440 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Corydon and Henderson trade workers both ways
Henderson is the top workplace for Corydon residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Corydon come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Corydon workers cross into Indiana
18% of Corydon workers work outside Kentucky, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Evansville (11%) and Patoka Township (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Corydon by day
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Corydon on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Corydon to work: where people go
Where Corydon clocks in
36% of workers
11% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Corydon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corydon, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 27. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corydon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Corydon takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corydon workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 319 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Corydon’s workers travel
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Corydon: questions
What is the median household income in Corydon?
$56,304 (±$7,907) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corydon?
28.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corydon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corydon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Henderson (36%, 10 mi), Evansville (11%, 20 mi), Owensboro (3%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Corydon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corydon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corydon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.