Iowa · Census place 1916635

Corydon, Iowa

Corydon is a city in Wayne County, Iowa with an estimated 1,563 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 200th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,563
#200 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+40 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,141 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Corydon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Corydon population, 2020 to 2024

Corydon added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,522. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Corydon covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 1,141 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Corydon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Corydon is in

All of Corydon's residents live in Wayne County, which had 6,622 residents in 2024. Corydon holds 23.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Corydon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Corydon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50060. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Corydon is

The Census internal point of Corydon is at 40.757900, -93.317600. Des Moines, the capital, is 59.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chariton, IA (4,278 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 58.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.757900, -93.317600
DMS
40°45'28.44"N 93°19'3.36"W
UTM
15N 473191.8E 4511930.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86G8QM5J+5X

Daylight in Corydon

At 40.76° N, Corydon gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Corydon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Chariton, 17.9 miles away, with 4,278 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Corydon, IA?

1,563 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (2.6%) from 1,523 in July 2020.

What county is Corydon in?

Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Corydon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50060.

How far is Corydon from Des Moines?

59.5 miles (95.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Corydon.

What is the nearest larger city to Corydon?

Chariton, IA, with 4,278 residents, 18.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.