Photo: AllenS · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Corona
The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; New Mexico averages 24, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 45% of workers (New Mexico 12%). Only 6% work in Corona itself; outside it, Carrizozo draws the most (22%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Corona for work, and who comes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Corona work
Where Corona clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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.
Corona is a services town
37 jobs are based in Corona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corona, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 37. 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 Corona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Corona spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corona workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 45% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% 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.
Corona’s commute, mile by mile
About 66% 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.
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 Corona: questions
What is the poverty rate in Corona?
20.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corona?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 45% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corona work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrizozo (22%, 44 mi), Los Lunas (16%, 78 mi), Capitan (6%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Corona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corona
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.