Corona is a relatively large city located in the state of California. With a population of 159,567 people and 40 associated neighborhoods, Corona is the 35th largest community in California. Housing costs in Corona are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Corona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Corona is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Corona who work in office and administrative support (12.80%), sales jobs (11.60%), and management occupations (10.71%). Also of interest is that Corona has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.00% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Corona is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Corona, the average commute to work is 34.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Corona is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.53% of adults in Corona have a college degree. The per capita income in Corona in 2022 was $38,353, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,412 for a family of four. However, Corona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Corona is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Corona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Corona, accounting for 48.39% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Corona residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Corona include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Corona's cultural character, accounting for 23.79% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Corona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
