Cory, Indiana.
Typical home $240,757 (+2.1% in a year). Terre Haute, IN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$669 (+113%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,923 +2%
- $235,834$240,757 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,113 +28%
- $188,644$240,757 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cory$1,264
- Indiana$1,350
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Cory, IN rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cory, Clay County, Indiana
Cory is in Clay County. Unemployment in Clay County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 5.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Clay County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cory is a small community in Clay County, in west-central Indiana, where many residents are in the middle years of life. Homes here are generally owned and lived in by the families who occupy them. Winters are cold, with the coldest weather in January, summers are warm and the hottest months come in July, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, or in transport, warehousing and utilities. Unemployment in Clay County was lower this past summer than it was a year earlier. Total jobs in the county did drop in the most recent full year, so the local job market has had some uneven stretches.
Things to do. Cataract Falls, a waterfall a longer drive away, is one of the best known natural sights nearby. McCormick's Creek State Park, a protected area also a longer drive off, offers a wooded setting for walks and time outdoors. Jordan Creek, a river only a short drive away, is the closest waterway for a quiet outing.
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What people in Clay County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clay County had 7,742 jobs in 2025, 5.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Terre Haute Caa Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Clay County
- Great Dane - BrazilTruck trailer manufacturing897
- Clay Community SchoolsSchool district608FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores144
- Morris Manufacturing & SalesOil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing129
- Towne park senior livingSkilled nursing facilities122
- Technifab ProductsMetal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing120
- Cloverleaf HealthcareNursing homes116
- Metals and AdditivesLead oxides manufacturing104
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,311 people in all across the county; Cory has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Clay County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clay County and the Terre Haute, IN metro.
Cory home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cory$240,757
- Indiana$257,165
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Cory address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cory — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.