City safety & data profile

CoralvilleIA

Coralville, IA is a 21K-resident city in Johnson County with a median household income of $69,144.

Johnson County, Iowa. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Coralville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Coralville has a population larger than 45% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $298,500.

Data updated 2026-09-04

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 46%
By size
$69,144
Median income (place)
$298,500
Median home (place)
13%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Coralville

Coralville posts a median household income higher than 35% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 36%
by median income, US cities

Where Coralville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$69,144 Bottom 35% higher than 35% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Coralville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IA

Population among 40 IA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Des Moines is the largest IA city on this list; Clive leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IA

Median household income among the same 40-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Clive posts the highest place-level median income in IA; Des Moines is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Coralville, IA beyond the headline numbers

Coralville sits inside Johnson County, Iowa, at roughly 41.68°N, -91.58°W. Population 20,608, $69,144 median household income. Median home value $298,500, median rent $1,057. Poverty rate 13%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Coralville, IA stands at 13%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Coralville runs about 4.3 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.3% of Coralville workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 22.7% in Coralville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

4% of Coralville workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Coralville's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Coralville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
20,608
Coralville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$69,144
-23% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$298,500
-28% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Johnson County): Coralville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
157K+17%
Median Income
$74,935+40%
Median Home Value
$308,600+66%
Poverty Rate
17.1%-3%
Unemployment
3.8%-12%

Economics

Economics indicators for Coralville, IA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,057/mo
Poverty Rate
13% +5% vs avg
Unemployment 2.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 56%
Work From Home 13.3%
Public Transit 4%

Population

White 67.7%
African American 13.4%
Asian 8.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
31.2%
Short Sleep Duration
30.7%
High Blood Pressure
28.3%
Binge Drinking
22.7%
Physical Inactivity
18%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.6%
Current Smoking
11.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.7%
Current Asthma
9.5%
Diabetes
8.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 70%
Annual Checkup 76.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Stroke
2.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Coralville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Coralville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IA-CORALVILLE · Coralville

Coralville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Coralville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Iowa state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Coralville, IA?
Coralville, IA has a population of 20,608 people, located in Johnson County, Iowa.
What is the median household income in Coralville?
The median household income in Coralville, IA is $69,144 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13%.
What is the median home value in Coralville?
The median home value in Coralville, IA is $298,500. Median rent is $1,057/month.
What are the top health concerns in Coralville?
The top health indicators in Coralville include Obesity (31.2%), Short Sleep Duration (30.7%), High Blood Pressure (28.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Coralville?
The median age in Coralville, IA is 34 years. 56% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Coralville, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IA (13% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IA ($69,144 here).

Compare Coralville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Coralville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Coralville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Johnson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.