Photo: Djh57 · CC BY 3.0Households in Coronado earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
4.7% of residents live below the poverty line; California has 12.0%. For jobs and income Coronado is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+). Working residents average 18 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Coronado at work: what stands out
Coronado and San Diego trade workers both ways
San Diego is the top workplace for Coronado residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Coronado come from (40% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Coronado 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 ↓
Coronado is where the jobs are
Coronado has 9,230 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Coronado is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Coronado gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Coronado’s grade up ($134,534, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coronado could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who travels to work in Coronado, and from where
Where Coronado clocks in
41% of workers
3% 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.
Coronado’s commute 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 Coronado workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,532 commuters (the 19% 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.
Who works in Coronado, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,222 residents head out to work, 905 work right here, and 8,325 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Coronado on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
9,230 jobs are based in Coronado.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coronado, 2013 → 2023: 7,709 → 9,230. 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 Coronado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Coronado
About 28% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Coronado
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coronado is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #14 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Coronado near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,252 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 86% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% 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). 3.4% of Coronado households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Coronado’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Coronado is 334th among 1,705 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 332 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| 333 | Pelham AL | 25,664 | $101K | 6.7% | 2.0% | 9% | A |
| 334 | Coronado CA | 21,094 | $135K | 4.7% | 4.7% | 15% | A |
| 335 | Bonney Lake WA | 22,139 | $137K | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| 336 | Hanover Township IN | 21,195 | $103K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Coronado, the top three, the last and three more from California.
41% of Coronado works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coronado workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronado | – | A | A+ | 18 min | $134,534 |
| San Diego | 41% | B+ | A | 24 min | $108,077 |
| Imperial Beach | under 2% | B− | A+ | 27 min | $86,111 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Diego. Darker towns draw more of Coronado’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Coronado: questions
What is the median household income in Coronado?
$134,534 (±$11,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coronado?
4.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coronado?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coronado work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (41%, 12 mi), Los Angeles (4%, 119 mi), Chula Vista (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coronado walkable?
Coronado is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.0 out of 20, and 27% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coronado without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coronado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coronado
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.