Coralville vs Solon

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

Coralville and Solon 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 3,092 in Solon). Solon has the higher median household income ($111,597 vs $66,508 in Coralville). Solon has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $286,000 in Coralville).

Population, income & housing

	Coralville	Solon
Population	22,846	3,092
Median age	33.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,508	$111,597
Median home value	$286,000	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,166
Housing units	10,294	1,102
Homeownership rate	54.3%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coralville	Solon
Population	21,103 → 22,846 (+8.3%)	2,615 → 3,092 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$60,321 → $66,508 (+10.3%)	$81,691 → $111,597 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $286,000 (+25.6%)	$253,800 → $305,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,021 (+14.0%)	$765 → $1,166 (+52.4%)

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

Solon

Population

2,6153,092

Median household income

$81,691$111,597

Median home value

$253,800$305,300

Median gross rent

$765$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coralville	Solon
Under 5	8.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	26.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.3%
75 and over	5.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coralville	Solon
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coralville	Solon
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coralville	Solon
Drove alone	73.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.5%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coralville	Solon
1-unit, detached	36.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	21.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	11.3%
20 or more units	17.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coralville	Solon
Poverty rate	12.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1993	2001