Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Cost of living is its weak spot (C−): the typical home is worth about $261K, 3.5 years of the Iowa City metro’s $75K median household income. Its standout strength is health — CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. Add walkability to its strengths — it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns. It ranks 88th of 140 in Iowa. Coralville has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Coralville Public School and Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, above both Iowa’s towns (25%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Coralville beats most towns.
18,907 counted in 2010 and 22,318 in 2020; an estimated 23,960 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 7.3% since 2020, after 18% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Iowa), ordered by how far Coralville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 347 in 1880, a low of 125 in 1900, 22,318 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 5 maps from 1891 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coralville. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaKinnick Stadium
13 mi MuseumHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
3 mi Stadium & arenaCarver–Hawkeye Arena
12 mi National Historic SiteHerbert Hoover National Historic Site107K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumNational Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
4 mi MuseumUniversity of Iowa Stanley Museum of ArtKinnick Stadium: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Shadow2700, Public domain · Carver–Hawkeye Arena: Asolsma1988, CC0 · Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library: ArtisticAbode, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coralville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Coralville.
Coralville has less tooth loss than most of Iowa and costs less than Iowa City or any other town next door, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Iowa (mostly tornadoes).
Among 139 Iowa towns, just 7 have a higher trail density than Coralville. Across 14 parks and preserves: 19 miles of trail. Clear Creek Greenbelt, at 304 acres with 5.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clear Creek Greenbelt | 5.4 mi | 304 |
| 2. Coralville Creekside Cross | 1.7 mi | 44 |
| 3. Coralville Youth Sports Park | 1 mi | 74 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Iowa City Community School District. Two of its 9 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 5 public schools in Coralville teach 1,775 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,113 | B− |
| Wickham ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 315 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Iowa is tooth loss: 6.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 11.6% statewide.
For adults in Coralville, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 14%. Only 6 of the 140 Iowa towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Coralville. CDC measures, 32 in all: Coralville beats Iowa on 15 and trails on 1.
| Coralville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 20% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Coralville | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 11.6% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 6.9% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73% | 77.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of Iowa towns, with expected losses of about $531 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
39% of Coralville’s expected losses from natural hazards come from tornadoes, followed by inland flooding at 29%. In Coralville, the FEMA hazard score is 71 of 100. Since 1982, Coralville has seen 99 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Coralville’s rate of thefts and burglaries comes in at 18.7 per 1,000 residents. The violent crime rate here is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Coralville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 12°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people who work leave Coralville to do it: just 16% work in town. 13% of Coralville workers work remotely from home. Jobs in Coralville grew by 1,696 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 14,742. The top destinations are Iowa City (46%), Cedar Rapids (11%) and North Liberty (5%).
| Coralville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 31% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 19 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Iowa City is next at $301K. The median property tax bill is $4,799, against $2,897 across Iowa, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Coralville: a median 46 days to sell. A typical home here is worth about $261,000, up 2.8% in a year, 10% above the Iowa typical home. In Coralville, the typical sale closed at 98.8% of the list price.
| Coralville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,057 a month | $909 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Coralville
About 10 of every 100 Coralville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
11.5% of the town is conserved land, across 14 parks and preserves.
2 places in Coralville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Iowa, United States
Coralville is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,318 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Coralville.
| Town | IA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coralville | #88 | B− | C− | C | B− | A |
| Iowa City | #92 | C+ | C− | C | B− | A− |
| North Liberty | #47 | A− | C | A− | B− | A |
| Tiffin | #74 | B | C− | — | B | A |
Tiffin reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Coralville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Coralville grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #88 of 140 in Iowa. It grades A for health, C for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Jeremy Morgan and Kyle Zobeck.
