Fontana vs Ontario

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana and Ontario: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fontana has the higher population (211,921 vs 178,347 in Ontario). Fontana has the higher median household income ($98,187 vs $82,806 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median home value ($568,000 vs $558,500 in Fontana).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Ontario
Population	211,921	178,347
Median age	33.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,187	$82,806
Median home value	$558,500	$568,000
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,916
Housing units	58,265	54,951
Homeownership rate	67.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Ontario
Population	210,759 → 211,921 (+0.6%)	176,760 → 178,347 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$72,918 → $98,187 (+34.7%)	$65,046 → $82,806 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $558,500 (+50.3%)	$375,000 → $568,000 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,733 (+28.8%)	$1,499 → $1,916 (+27.8%)

Fontana

Population

210,759211,921

Median household income

$72,918$98,187

Median home value

$371,700$558,500

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,733

Ontario

Population

176,760178,347

Median household income

$65,046$82,806

Median home value

$375,000$568,000

Median gross rent

$1,499$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Ontario
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.6%
75 and over	3.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Ontario
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	13.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	8.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	68.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Ontario
No high school diploma	21.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Ontario
Drove alone	73.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.7%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Ontario
1-unit, detached	76.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	8.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Ontario
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.7%
Average household size	3.70	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1989	1980