How serious are America’s mayors? · Incorporated city
Corona, CA
161,540 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0616350 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (0 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Corona ranked #142 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Corona and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Thornton CO, Chandler AZ, Antioch CA, Santa Clara CA, Peoria AZ, Sunnyvale CA, Carrollton TX, Moreno Valley CA, Sterling Heights MI, Fontana CA, Vallejo CA, Vacaville CA, Henderson NV · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #142 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #73 | #59 | #213 | #215 | #258 | #213 | #59 | #64 | #190 | #78 | #102 | #152 | #57 | #72 | #109 | #134 | #201 | #253 | #142 | #105 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 144,223 | 147,842 | 150,071 | 150,400 | 150,901 | 153,052 | 154,693 | 157,405 | 158,763 | 160,419 | 163,154 | 166,067 | 167,310 | 168,476 | 169,868 | 157,349 | 159,146 | 159,776 | 160,491 | 161,540 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #61 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | +2.7 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 | — | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #186 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 4.1 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #251 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 18.8% | 20.5% | 18.6% | 20.2% | 19.7% | 21.0% | 18.2% | 20.9% | 24.1% | 24.5% | 23.6% | 25.0% | 22.2% | 21.7% | 23.9% | — | 23.4% | 26.4% | 26.0% | 26.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #34 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 5.7 | — | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | — | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #22 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.7 | 13.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 64,764 | 69,042 | 67,059 | 63,701 | 56,487 | 56,044 | 57,642 | 60,067 | 62,370 | 66,879 | 70,620 | 71,187 | 73,553 | 77,714 | 77,824 | 74,253 | 74,767 | 79,158 | 79,631 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #188 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +3.8 | +2.0 | -2.6 | -3.9 | -5.5 | -5.1 | +1.6 | +5.3 | +0.4 | +2.7 | +1.4 | -3.9 | -0.1 | +2.3 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -1.7 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71,227 | 70,449 | 71,714 | 73,642 | 80,680 | 84,162 | 84,737 | 79,558 | 83,998 | — | 78,670 | 81,209 | 82,432 | 85,890 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #168 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | 10.6% | 8.4% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 6.0% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% | — | 7.0% | 4.5% | 6.4% | 4.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #107 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 11% | 14% | 3% | -14% | -8% | -12% | 4% | 17% | 12% | 28% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 25% | 37% | 36% | 28% | -39% | 29% | 30% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #221 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | $6,192 | $6,026 | $6,266 | $3,960 | $3,826 | $3,562 | $3,274 | $3,004 | $2,813 | $2,102 | $1,937 | $1,673 | $1,670 | $4,317 | $4,100 | $4,288 | $4,448 | $5,476 | $4,198 | $3,816 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Corona. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.