Fontana vs Rialto

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

Fontana and Rialto 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 103,866 in Rialto). Fontana has the higher median household income ($98,187 vs $85,521 in Rialto). Fontana has the higher median home value ($558,500 vs $454,400 in Rialto).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Rialto
Population	211,921	103,866
Median age	33.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,187	$85,521
Median home value	$558,500	$454,400
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,641
Housing units	58,265	27,910
Homeownership rate	67.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Rialto
Population	210,759 → 211,921 (+0.6%)	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$72,918 → $98,187 (+34.7%)	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $558,500 (+50.3%)	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,733 (+28.8%)	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)

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

Rialto

Population

103,045103,866

Median household income

$61,518$85,521

Median home value

$313,400$454,400

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Rialto
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Rialto
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	8.7%
Black or African American	8.2%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Rialto
No high school diploma	21.0%	24.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Rialto
Drove alone	73.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	12.4%
Public transit	1.3%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Rialto
1-unit, detached	76.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	10.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Rialto
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.6%
Average household size	3.70	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1989	1982