Ontario vs Rancho Cucamonga

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

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

Ontario has the higher population (178,347 vs 174,693 in Rancho Cucamonga). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median household income ($109,511 vs $82,806 in Ontario). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median home value ($694,400 vs $568,000 in Ontario).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
Population	178,347	174,693
Median age	33.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,806	$109,511
Median home value	$568,000	$694,400
Median gross rent	$1,916	$2,286
Housing units	54,951	59,894
Homeownership rate	57.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
Population	176,760 → 178,347 (+0.9%)	176,379 → 174,693 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$65,046 → $82,806 (+27.3%)	$90,953 → $109,511 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$375,000 → $568,000 (+51.5%)	$495,800 → $694,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,499 → $1,916 (+27.8%)	$1,777 → $2,286 (+28.6%)

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

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)

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.8%
75 and over	3.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	33.6%
Black or African American	6.0%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	8.3%	15.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.3%	38.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
No high school diploma	22.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
Drove alone	77.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.9%
Public transit	1.1%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	11.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
1-unit, detached	57.8%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Rancho Cucamonga
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.0%
Average household size	3.37	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1980	1988