Coralville vs Tiffin

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

Coralville and Tiffin 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 5,271 in Tiffin). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($106,034 vs $66,508 in Coralville). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($315,800 vs $286,000 in Coralville).

Population, income & housing

	Coralville	Tiffin
Population	22,846	5,271
Median age	33.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,508	$106,034
Median home value	$286,000	$315,800
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,367
Housing units	10,294	2,186
Homeownership rate	54.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coralville	Tiffin
Population	21,103 → 22,846 (+8.3%)	3,351 → 5,271 (+57.3%)
Median household income	$60,321 → $66,508 (+10.3%)	$78,713 → $106,034 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $286,000 (+25.6%)	$233,000 → $315,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,021 (+14.0%)	$994 → $1,367 (+37.5%)

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

Tiffin

Population

3,3515,271

Median household income

$78,713$106,034

Median home value

$233,000$315,800

Median gross rent

$994$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coralville	Tiffin
Under 5	8.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.8%
75 and over	5.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coralville	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	79.2%
Black or African American	14.5%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coralville	Tiffin
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	16.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coralville	Tiffin
Drove alone	73.5%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.1%
Public transit	3.7%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coralville	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	36.9%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	45.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	17.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Coralville	Tiffin
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1993	2011