Photo: Dianne White (xtexanne) from living in southern Arizona · CC BY-SA 2.0Corona de Tucson’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Corona de Tucson grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Below the poverty line: 2.6% of residents, against 12.5% across Arizona. Only 1% work in Corona de Tucson; the top destination outside it is Tucson (43%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Corona de Tucson and work: the main findings
Corona de Tucson is a place people come home to
There are 178 jobs based in Corona de Tucson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Corona de Tucson has about 5,900 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Corona de Tucson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Corona de Tucson and Tucson trade workers both ways
Tucson is the top workplace for Corona de Tucson residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Corona de Tucson come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Corona de Tucson’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corona de Tucson is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #19 of 140 in Arizona. The poverty rate holds Corona de Tucson’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corona de Tucson could be anywhere from B to A.
In and out of Corona de Tucson on a workday
On a workday 3,812 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Corona de Tucson on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Corona de Tucson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corona de Tucson workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,388 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Out of Corona de Tucson to work: where people go
Where Corona de Tucson clocks in
43% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What the 178 jobs in Corona de Tucson are
178 jobs are based in Corona de Tucson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corona de Tucson, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 178. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corona de Tucson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Corona de Tucson works
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Corona de Tucson gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corona de Tucson is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #119 of 140 in Arizona. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.9% across Arizona.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,338 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Corona de Tucson households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corona de Tucson’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Corona de Tucson ranks: 850th of 2,790 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Paradise Valley AZ | 12,251 | $247K | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 364 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 774 | Tucson Mountains AZ | 11,353 | $134K | 8.9% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 848 | East Windsor CT | 11,342 | $96K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| 849 | Chester Township OH | 9,995 | $111K | 7.7% | 4.3% | 8% | A− |
| 850 | Corona de Tucson AZ | 9,566 | $133K | 2.6% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 851 | North St. Paul MN | 12,780 | $85K | 11.2% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 852 | Lake Grove NY | 11,168 | $118K | 8.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Corona de Tucson, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Corona de Tucson: questions
What is the median household income in Corona de Tucson?
$132,568 (±$21,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corona de Tucson?
2.6%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corona de Tucson?
37 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corona de Tucson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (43%, 15 mi), Phoenix (9%, 136 mi), Vail (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Corona de Tucson walkable?
Corona de Tucson is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corona de Tucson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corona de Tucson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corona de Tucson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.