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Work & commute · Coronado

Work & commute in Coronado, CA

Most working residents leave Coronado for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (41%), Los Angeles (4%) and Chula Vista (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
905 of 6,127 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,222 Coronado residents head out of town to work, 905 work right here, and 8,325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coronado.

5,222live here, work elsewhere
905live and work here
8,325work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Coronado goes to work

Imperial BeachNational CityCoronadoLa MesaEl CajonSanteeCarlsbadSan DiegoLos AngelesSan FranciscoChula VistaIrvineLa PresaSan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaSan FranciscoCarlsbadIrvineEl CajonLa MesaNational CityCoronado
1
San Diego12.1 mi away
41%2,512
2
Coronado (in town)right here
15%905
3
Los Angeles118.7 mi away
4%229
4
Chula Vista8.5 mi away
3%200
5
San Francisco482.3 mi away
2%120
6
Carlsbad33.4 mi away
2%102
7
Irvine79 mi away
2%95
8
El Cajon15.2 mi away
1%90
9
La Mesa11.4 mi away
1%70
10
National City3.4 mi away
1%69
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%1,735

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Coronado commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Coronado is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coronado are

9,230 jobs are based in Coronado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coronado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coronado

9,230 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)91%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Coronado residents hold

6,127 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+20%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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