Corona vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (316,241 vs 158,839 in Corona). Corona has the higher median household income ($106,438 vs $88,575 in Riverside). Corona has the higher median home value ($656,500 vs $542,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Corona	Riverside
Population	158,839	316,241
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,438	$88,575
Median home value	$656,500	$542,100
Median gross rent	$2,136	$1,812
Housing units	49,869	97,105
Homeownership rate	63.4%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corona	Riverside
Population	166,972 → 158,839 (-4.9%)	326,414 → 316,241 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$83,752 → $106,438 (+27.1%)	$69,045 → $88,575 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$467,000 → $656,500 (+40.6%)	$365,300 → $542,100 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,136 (+30.2%)	$1,378 → $1,812 (+31.5%)

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

Riverside

Population

326,414316,241

Median household income

$69,045$88,575

Median home value

$365,300$542,100

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,812

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corona	Riverside
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.3%
75 and over	4.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corona	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	27.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	11.1%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	54.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corona	Riverside
No high school diploma	14.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corona	Riverside
Drove alone	76.2%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.9%	9.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corona	Riverside
1-unit, detached	66.1%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Corona	Riverside
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.5%
Average household size	3.28	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1991	1976