Fontana vs Victorville

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

Fontana and Victorville 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 135,983 in Victorville). Fontana has the higher median household income ($98,187 vs $70,663 in Victorville). Fontana has the higher median home value ($558,500 vs $342,500 in Victorville).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Victorville
Population	211,921	135,983
Median age	33.3 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,187	$70,663
Median home value	$558,500	$342,500
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,568
Housing units	58,265	39,249
Homeownership rate	67.2%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Victorville
Population	210,759 → 211,921 (+0.6%)	121,902 → 135,983 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$72,918 → $98,187 (+34.7%)	$53,957 → $70,663 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $558,500 (+50.3%)	$221,200 → $342,500 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,733 (+28.8%)	$1,259 → $1,568 (+24.5%)

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

Victorville

Population

121,902135,983

Median household income

$53,957$70,663

Median home value

$221,200$342,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Victorville
Under 5	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.2%
75 and over	3.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Victorville
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	19.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	8.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	55.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Victorville
No high school diploma	21.0%	22.8%
High school graduate	29.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Victorville
Drove alone	73.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	13.2%
Public transit	1.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Victorville
1-unit, detached	76.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	10.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Victorville
Poverty rate	10.3%	19.9%
Average household size	3.70	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1989	1994