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Corbin city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Corbin city is a Census city of 8,246 people across 7.95 square miles of land, lying across Whitley County and Knox County. Median household income is $51,065, 53.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $15.3 m.
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Corbin
What Corbin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.95 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,038
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhitley County, 70.3 percent
- Counties this place lies inWhitley County 70.3 percent, Knox County 29.7 percent
Corbin city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corbin
How many people live in Corbin
- Population8,246
- Median age37.6
- Population under 182,092
- Share under 1825.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,612
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent
- Households3,128
- Family households1,914
- Share of households that are families61.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corbin
Income and work in Corbin
- Median household income$51,065
- Per capita income$26,098
- Civilian labor force3,205
- Employed2,974
- Unemployed231 plus or minus 97
- Unemployment rate7.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over5,449
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corbin
Housing in Corbin
- Housing units3,480
- Occupied units3,128
- Vacant units352 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate10.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied1,673
- Renter occupied1,455
- Ownership rate53.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$166,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$733
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Single family units2,370
- Share single family68.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,039 plus or minus 265
- Share in buildings of two or more29.9 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes71 plus or minus 58
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corbin
How Corbin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,748
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,387 plus or minus 306
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more584 plus or minus 175
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home7.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Corbin
SBA loans in Corbin (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$15,337,600
- Average approval$807,242
- Median approval$399,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,300,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported231
- Jobs per approval12.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.3 percent
- Share to franchises21.1 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Whitley County, not Corbin
Whitley County context, not Corbin figures
These are Whitley County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Corbin measurements.
- Establishments in Whitley County629
- Employment at those establishments, Whitley County10,058
- Covered employment, Whitley County14,351
- Average annual pay, Whitley County$46,563
- Average weekly wage, Whitley County$895
- Housing units permitted, Whitley County66
- Of those, single family, Whitley County20
- County product, 2024, Whitley County$1,559,418,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whitley County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whitley County$36,010
Every figure in this section is published for Whitley County as a whole and is not a measurement of Corbin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Corbin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Corbin, Kentucky?
8,246, in 3,128 households. Corbin city covers 7.95 square miles of land, which is 1,038 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Corbin in?
Corbin lies in more than one. By area it is 70.3 percent in Whitley County, 29.7 percent in Knox County. This page sits under Whitley County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Corbin?
$51,065. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $166,000. Median gross rent is $733 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Corbin businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $15.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $399,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Corbin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Corbin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Corbin. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Corbin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whitley County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Corbin.
Is zoning published for Corbin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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