Work & commute · Corona

Work & commute in Corona, NM

Most working residents leave Corona for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Carrizozo (22%), Los Lunas (16%) and Capitan (6%). Half commute less than 73 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

73 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30 Corona residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corona.

30live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corona goes to work

Carrizozo44.2 mi away

22%7

Los Lunas78 mi away

16%5

Corona (in town)right here

6%2

Capitan49.1 mi away

6%2

Ruidoso62.4 mi away

6%2

Albuquerque83.9 mi away

6%2

Tatum148.3 mi away

3%1

Ruidoso Downs63.5 mi away

3%1

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque86.7 mi away

3%1

Portales128.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%8

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

How far

How far Corona commutes

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

28%

66%

6%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

66%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corona is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corona are

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

Jobs based in Corona

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Corona residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−31%

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.

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.