Corona

Population & Demographics

Corona, CA

Corona is home to 159,670 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 73,941 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
159,670
people
Population

159,670 residents

Median age 37.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Corona population & demographics

Who lives in Corona — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
159,670
Median age
37.5yrs
Median household income
$109,242
Median home value
$700,700
Median gross rent
$2,228/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.4%
Poverty rate
8.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Corona

How Corona breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino48.1%
White30.4%
Asian11.6%
Black4.9%
Two or more races4.1%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Corona

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Corona.

Corona at a glance
Employed Residents
73,941
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
15.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Riverside
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Corona proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Corona commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

32 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Corona

73,941 commutes, one dot at a time

Corona

Where 73,941 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Corona, by worker count.

1Corona0.0 mi11,426
2Riverside11.3 mi5,116
3Los Angeles48.7 mi4,071
4Irvine17.3 mi3,415
5Anaheim18.9 mi3,107
6Ontario13.1 mi2,662
7Norco4.4 mi2,274
8Santa Ana20.0 mi2,154

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Corona.

1Corona0.0 mi11,426
2Riverside11.3 mi8,011
3Los Angeles48.7 mi2,561
4Jurupa Valley10.7 mi2,029
5Moreno Valley20.2 mi1,877
6Ontario13.1 mi1,728
7Fontana17.5 mi1,673
8Eastvale6.9 mi1,449

Top industries

The sectors that employ Corona’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
COConstruction16.9%
MFManufacturing14.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.6%
RTRetail Trade9.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.8%
WSWholesale Trade7.4%
EDEducational Services4.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Corona

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps83%
5 Gbps83%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Corona

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).