Fontana vs Rancho Cucamonga

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

Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga 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 174,693 in Rancho Cucamonga). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median household income ($109,511 vs $98,187 in Fontana). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median home value ($694,400 vs $558,500 in Fontana).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
Population	211,921	174,693
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,187	$109,511
Median home value	$558,500	$694,400
Median gross rent	$1,733	$2,286
Housing units	58,265	59,894
Homeownership rate	67.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
Population	210,759 → 211,921 (+0.6%)	176,379 → 174,693 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$72,918 → $98,187 (+34.7%)	$90,953 → $109,511 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $558,500 (+50.3%)	$495,800 → $694,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,733 (+28.8%)	$1,777 → $2,286 (+28.6%)

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

Rancho Cucamonga

Population

176,379174,693

Median household income

$90,953$109,511

Median home value

$495,800$694,400

Median gross rent

$1,777$2,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	33.6%
Black or African American	8.2%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.0%	15.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	38.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
No high school diploma	21.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
Drove alone	73.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.9%
Public transit	1.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.3%	11.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
1-unit, detached	76.9%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Rancho Cucamonga
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.0%
Average household size	3.70	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1989	1988