Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Corning earn less than those in 79% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, against 17% across California. 17.9% of residents are in poverty (California 12.0%). The two grades for Corning are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Corning at work: what stands out
Commutes from Corning are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Corning’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Corning is Chico, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (347) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Corning’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corning is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #686 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Corning’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corning could be anywhere from D to C+.
Getting to work from Corning takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corning workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,982 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Corning’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Corning
On a workday 2,558 residents head out to work, 442 work right here, and 1,699 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Corning on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.71 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 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Chico
Where Corning clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Corning
2,141 jobs are based in Corning.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 1,846 → 2,141. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Corning: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corning is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #597 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,205 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 12.0% of Corning households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corning’s commuters take a bus or train.
Corning places 2,467th of 3,012 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,465 | Arizona City AZ | 9,543 | $66K | 12.6% | 4.4% | 2% | C− |
| 2,466 | Clinton Township IN | 8,925 | $57K | 17.3% | 4.2% | 18% | C− |
| 2,467 | Corning CA | 8,260 | $57K | 17.9% | 2.8% | 15% | C− |
| 2,468 | Pittston PA | 7,715 | $50K | 20.0% | 5.6% | 6% | C− |
| 2,469 | Sunbury PA | 9,495 | $51K | 18.7% | 4.8% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Corning, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Corning: questions
What is the median household income in Corning?
$56,627 (±$9,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corning?
17.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corning?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corning work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (12%, 23 mi), Red Bluff (5%, 17 mi), Redding (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corning walkable?
Corning is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corning without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corning
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.