Ontario

Population & Demographics

Ontario, CA

Ontario is home to 180,547 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 80,494 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
180,547
people
Population

180,547 residents

Median age 33.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Ontario population & demographics

Who lives in Ontario — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
180,547
Median age
33.5yrs
Median household income
$88,941
Median home value
$607,600
Median gross rent
$2,030/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.5%
Poverty rate
12.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Ontario

How Ontario breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino68.6%
White12.3%
Asian9.6%
Black5.8%
Two or more races2.9%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Ontario

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Ontario.

Ontario at a glance
Employed Residents
80,494
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
15.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Ontario proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Ontario commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

39 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Ontario

80,494 commutes, one dot at a time

Ontario

Where 80,494 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Ontario, by worker count.

1Ontario0.0 mi12,377
2Los Angeles43.0 mi5,964
3Rancho Cucamonga5.9 mi4,369
4Chino4.3 mi3,571
5Pomona7.6 mi2,774
6Riverside15.0 mi2,130
7Upland4.8 mi2,049
8Fontana10.3 mi1,957

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Ontario.

1Ontario0.0 mi12,377
2Fontana10.3 mi7,859
3Rancho Cucamonga5.9 mi7,038
4Los Angeles43.0 mi5,942
5Riverside15.0 mi5,480
6San Bernardino19.8 mi3,910
7Pomona7.6 mi3,640
8Jurupa Valley9.6 mi3,338

Top industries

The sectors that employ Ontario’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
TRTransportation and Warehousing20.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services14.9%
RTRetail Trade9.6%
WSWholesale Trade9.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.5%
MFManufacturing8.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.7%
COConstruction4.4%
EDEducational Services4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Ontario

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Ontario

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).