Corona vs Murrieta

A side-by-side comparison of Corona and Murrieta: population, income, housing, and more.

Corona and Murrieta are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corona has the higher population (158,839 vs 111,621 in Murrieta). Murrieta has the higher median household income ($109,780 vs $106,438 in Corona). Corona has the higher median home value ($656,500 vs $606,900 in Murrieta).

Population, income & housing

	Corona	Murrieta
Population	158,839	111,621
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,438	$109,780
Median home value	$656,500	$606,900
Median gross rent	$2,136	$2,330
Housing units	49,869	37,306
Homeownership rate	63.4%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corona	Murrieta
Population	166,972 → 158,839 (-4.9%)	112,941 → 111,621 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$83,752 → $106,438 (+27.1%)	$90,535 → $109,780 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$467,000 → $656,500 (+40.6%)	$414,100 → $606,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,136 (+30.2%)	$1,761 → $2,330 (+32.3%)

Corona

Population

166,972158,839

Median household income

$83,752$106,438

Median home value

$467,000$656,500

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,136

Murrieta

Population

112,941111,621

Median household income

$90,535$109,780

Median home value

$414,100$606,900

Median gross rent

$1,761$2,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corona	Murrieta
Under 5	5.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.0%
75 and over	4.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corona	Murrieta
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	47.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	11.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.6%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corona	Murrieta
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corona	Murrieta
Drove alone	76.2%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	15.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corona	Murrieta
1-unit, detached	66.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	8.2%
20 or more units	8.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Corona	Murrieta
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.9%
Average household size	3.28	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1991	2000