[7] The Grant County portion of Corinth is part of the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH–KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Scott County portion is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Corinth basketball team won the 1930 state and national championships.

In 1995, the city obtained a grant/loan package to establish a water treatment plant in Corinth.

U.S. Route 25 passes through the center of town, leading north 11 miles (18 km) to Williamstown, the Grant County seat, and south 22 miles (35 km) to Georgetown, the Scott County seat.

Interstate 75 crosses the city limits briefly, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the center, at Exit 144 (Kentucky Route 330).

41.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 29.8% of families and 32.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 37.8% of those 65 or over.