Corona vs Temecula

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

Corona and Temecula 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 110,404 in Temecula). Temecula has the higher median household income ($117,840 vs $106,438 in Corona). Corona has the higher median home value ($656,500 vs $640,400 in Temecula).

Population, income & housing

	Corona	Temecula
Population	158,839	110,404
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,438	$117,840
Median home value	$656,500	$640,400
Median gross rent	$2,136	$2,297
Housing units	49,869	36,866
Homeownership rate	63.4%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corona	Temecula
Population	166,972 → 158,839 (-4.9%)	113,381 → 110,404 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$83,752 → $106,438 (+27.1%)	$96,183 → $117,840 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$467,000 → $656,500 (+40.6%)	$444,800 → $640,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,136 (+30.2%)	$1,856 → $2,297 (+23.8%)

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

Temecula

Population

113,381110,404

Median household income

$96,183$117,840

Median home value

$444,800$640,400

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corona	Temecula
Under 5	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corona	Temecula
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	49.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	11.1%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corona	Temecula
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corona	Temecula
Drove alone	76.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.9%	17.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corona	Temecula
1-unit, detached	66.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Corona	Temecula
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.4%
Average household size	3.28	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1991	1998