Ontario vs San Bernardino

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

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

San Bernardino has the higher population (221,774 vs 178,347 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median household income ($82,806 vs $63,988 in San Bernardino). Ontario has the higher median home value ($568,000 vs $384,900 in San Bernardino).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	San Bernardino
Population	178,347	221,774
Median age	33.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,806	$63,988
Median home value	$568,000	$384,900
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,433
Housing units	54,951	66,147
Homeownership rate	57.3%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	San Bernardino
Population	176,760 → 178,347 (+0.9%)	216,089 → 221,774 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$65,046 → $82,806 (+27.3%)	$45,834 → $63,988 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$375,000 → $568,000 (+51.5%)	$249,400 → $384,900 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,499 → $1,916 (+27.8%)	$1,059 → $1,433 (+35.3%)

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

San Bernardino

Population

216,089221,774

Median household income

$45,834$63,988

Median home value

$249,400$384,900

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontario	San Bernardino
Under 5	6.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	San Bernardino
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	11.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	8.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	68.3%	69.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	San Bernardino
No high school diploma	22.1%	26.2%
High school graduate	26.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	San Bernardino
Drove alone	77.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.9%
Public transit	1.1%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	San Bernardino
1-unit, detached	57.8%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	10.2%
20 or more units	11.9%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	San Bernardino
Poverty rate	12.7%	19.5%
Average household size	3.37	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1980	1973