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Conserved land0.3%16 of 5,097 acres
Trails0.0 mi0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves22 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Corbin

City in Kentucky, United States
1895Established
7,856Population
7.9 sq miArea
1,079 ftElevation

Corbin is a home rule-class city in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,856. Corbin is on Interstate 75 and US Route 25W, about halfway between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Lexington, Kentucky.

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ZIP code40701, 40702
Area code606
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Housing in Corbin

$170K▼ 3.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Corbin home is worth about $170,000, down 3.9% in a year, 27% below the Kentucky typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market67
Sale-to-list93.9%
Sold in May11
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Safety in Corbin

B−

Safety Grade B-

Corbin reports less crime per resident than 54% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Kentucky has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Corbin sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Corbin 1.6
Kentucky 2.1
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Corbin 9
Kentucky 12.8
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Corbin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#33Best public schoolsof 126 in KY
DistrictCorbin IndependentSchools11

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Wikimedia Commons · Map: The original uploader was Seth Ilys at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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