What is the average commute in Corona city, California?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Corona city, California work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · CA · GEOID 6163502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Corona, California

Name: Commute estimates for Corona city, California
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.3 min one way; 13.9% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 19.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.3 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home13.9%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±1.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Corona city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute36.0 min → 34.3 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 13.9%▲ 6.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.2% → 0.9%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 74.6%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Corona city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.9% used public transit and 13.9% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±1.0 pp

Carpool8.3% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.9% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 78,353 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Corona city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

54^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

96^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Corona city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 78,353 workers age 16+, including 67,450 workers with reported travel time and 10,903 home workers.

Population estimate159,670± 80 MOE

Workers age 16+78,353± 1,774 MOE

Workers with travel time67,450± 1,634 MOE

Estimated home workers10,903± 834 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable California commute records for Corona city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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