Coralville vs Iowa City

A side-by-side comparison of Coralville and Iowa City: population, income, housing, and more.

Coralville and Iowa City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iowa City has the higher population (75,264 vs 22,846 in Coralville). Coralville has the higher median household income ($66,508 vs $57,533 in Iowa City). Coralville has the higher median home value ($286,000 vs $273,600 in Iowa City).

Population, income & housing

	Coralville	Iowa City
Population	22,846	75,264
Median age	33.1 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,508	$57,533
Median home value	$286,000	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,094
Housing units	10,294	33,855
Homeownership rate	54.3%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coralville	Iowa City
Population	21,103 → 22,846 (+8.3%)	74,950 → 75,264 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$60,321 → $66,508 (+10.3%)	$49,075 → $57,533 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $286,000 (+25.6%)	$215,100 → $273,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,021 (+14.0%)	$967 → $1,094 (+13.1%)

Coralville

Population

21,10322,846

Median household income

$60,321$66,508

Median home value

$227,700$286,000

Median gross rent

$896$1,021

Iowa City

Population

74,95075,264

Median household income

$49,075$57,533

Median home value

$215,100$273,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coralville	Iowa City
Under 5	8.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	33.8%
25 to 34	19.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.1%
75 and over	5.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coralville	Iowa City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	72.4%
Black or African American	14.5%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coralville	Iowa City
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coralville	Iowa City
Drove alone	73.5%	56.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.6%
Public transit	3.7%	6.7%
Walked	2.1%	14.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	3.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	11.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coralville	Iowa City
1-unit, detached	36.9%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	21.9%
20 or more units	17.4%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Coralville	Iowa City
Poverty rate	12.3%	26.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1993	1984