Rancho Cucamonga vs Rialto

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

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

Rancho Cucamonga has the higher population (174,693 vs 103,866 in Rialto). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median household income ($109,511 vs $85,521 in Rialto). Rancho Cucamonga has the higher median home value ($694,400 vs $454,400 in Rialto).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
Population	174,693	103,866
Median age	37.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,511	$85,521
Median home value	$694,400	$454,400
Median gross rent	$2,286	$1,641
Housing units	59,894	27,910
Homeownership rate	63.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
Population	176,379 → 174,693 (-1.0%)	103,045 → 103,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$90,953 → $109,511 (+20.4%)	$61,518 → $85,521 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$495,800 → $694,400 (+40.1%)	$313,400 → $454,400 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,777 → $2,286 (+28.6%)	$1,260 → $1,641 (+30.2%)

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

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)

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.7%
75 and over	5.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
White (non-Hispanic)	33.6%	8.7%
Black or African American	8.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	15.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.4%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
No high school diploma	8.0%	24.3%
High school graduate	20.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
Drove alone	75.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.4%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
1-unit, detached	62.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	14.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Cucamonga	Rialto
Poverty rate	8.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.96	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1988	1982