Coralville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Coralville, Iowa: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Coralville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Coralville spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 143 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Iowa average of 17.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Coralville holds about 0.7% of Iowa's population and accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Coralville would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,778 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Coralville	17.2 min	34.4 min	143 hrs/yr	$4,445	2,800
Iowa	17.0 min	33.9 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,382	606
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Coralville Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.2 minutes to get to work in Coralville. That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Coralville

Public transit is unusually common in Coralville: 6.2 times more than the Iowa average (4.2% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Coralville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Coralville get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	81.5%	3.7%	8.8%	3.2%	1.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%
2010	83.1%	3.5%	8.1%	2.8%	1.2%	0.4%	0.5%	0.3%
2011	84.2%	4.0%	7.9%	2.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.2%
2012	85.0%	2.9%	8.0%	2.0%	1.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%
2013	84.2%	2.6%	8.1%	3.0%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	83.7%	2.8%	8.2%	3.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%
2015	80.8%	3.6%	9.6%	4.2%	1.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	80.3%	3.6%	9.8%	4.3%	1.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	81.7%	3.2%	9.5%	3.9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	84.8%	2.8%	7.5%	3.6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	83.8%	3.7%	7.8%	3.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	87.1%	4.8%	4.4%	2.7%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	84.1%	6.6%	4.8%	3.1%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	82.1%	9.0%	5.1%	2.1%	1.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	79.8%	11.9%	4.0%	2.2%	1.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%
2024	80.1%	12.0%	4.2%	1.6%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 87.1% and lowest in 2023 at 79.8%. Overall it fell from 81.5% in 2009 to 80.1% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Coralville: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 12.0% in 2024, up 8.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.8% to 4.2% of workers (down 4.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 4.3% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Coralville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coralville?

The bars show when commuters in Coralville leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Iowa for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		18.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.7%

Coralville Iowa Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Coralville is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.6% across Iowa. Early starts are less common than in Iowa: 6.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Iowa: 48.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.0% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Coralville, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Coralville Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Coralville next to Iowa and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Coralville	Iowa	United States
2009	7:50 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:54 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:46 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:50 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:51 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:53 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:54 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:55 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:53 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:51 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:51 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Coralville were on the road by 7:51 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Iowa, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Coralville now leave 13 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Coralville has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Coralville's commute time compare?

Metric	Coralville	Iowa	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.2 min	17.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.0%	11.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.2%	0.7%	3.2%

The average commute time in Coralville is about the same as in Iowa.

4.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.7% in Iowa. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.9% in Iowa.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Coralville, IA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Coralville, IA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Coralville, IA	22,755	17.2 min #2/2	12.0% #1/2	7:51 AM #1/2
Iowa City, IA	66,193	15.7 min	12.0%	8:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Coralville, Iowa.

Is commuting expensive in Coralville, Iowa?

Commuters here spend an estimated 143 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,445 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Iowa commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Coralville, Iowa?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Coralville, Iowa. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Coralville, Iowa?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 4.2% of commuters use it versus 0.7% in Iowa, making it a realistic option for many workers.