Coralville vs North Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Coralville and North Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coralville has the higher population (22,846 vs 20,782 in North Liberty). North Liberty has the higher median household income ($103,933 vs $66,508 in Coralville). North Liberty has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $286,000 in Coralville).

Population, income & housing

	Coralville	North Liberty
Population	22,846	20,782
Median age	33.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,508	$103,933
Median home value	$286,000	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,226
Housing units	10,294	8,450
Homeownership rate	54.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coralville	North Liberty
Population	21,103 → 22,846 (+8.3%)	18,829 → 20,782 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$60,321 → $66,508 (+10.3%)	$83,949 → $103,933 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $286,000 (+25.6%)	$220,800 → $300,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,021 (+14.0%)	$1,110 → $1,226 (+10.5%)

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

North Liberty

Population

18,82920,782

Median household income

$83,949$103,933

Median home value

$220,800$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coralville	North Liberty
Under 5	8.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	19.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	19.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	3.8%
75 and over	5.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coralville	North Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	79.6%
Black or African American	14.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coralville	North Liberty
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	16.0%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coralville	North Liberty
Drove alone	73.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.9%
Public transit	3.7%	0.8%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coralville	North Liberty
1-unit, detached	36.9%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	15.1%
20 or more units	17.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Coralville	North Liberty
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1993	2004