Fontana

Population & Demographics

Fontana, CA

Fontana is home to 214,169 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 95,881 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
214,169
people
Population

214,169 residents

Median age 33.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fontana population & demographics

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

Population
214,169
Median age
33.8yrs
Median household income
$102,821
Median home value
$586,800
Median gross rent
$1,839/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
21.4%
Poverty rate
9.9%

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 Fontana

How Fontana 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 Latino67.6%
White13.0%
Asian8.2%
Black7.6%
Two or more races2.7%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Fontana

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 Fontana.

Fontana at a glance
Employed Residents
95,881
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
9.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Ontario
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fontana 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 Fontana 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

34 / 100

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

Fontana

95,881 commutes, one dot at a time

Fontana

Where 95,881 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Fontana0.0 mi9,107
2Ontario10.3 mi7,859
3Rancho Cucamonga6.9 mi6,534
4Los Angeles52.6 mi6,378
5San Bernardino9.5 mi6,267
6Riverside11.4 mi4,552
7Rialto4.3 mi3,616
8Upland11.5 mi1,764

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fontana.

1Fontana0.0 mi9,107
2San Bernardino9.5 mi3,307
3Rancho Cucamonga6.9 mi3,084
4Riverside11.4 mi2,809
5Rialto4.3 mi2,706
6Los Angeles52.6 mi2,042
7Ontario10.3 mi1,957
8Jurupa Valley7.3 mi1,605

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fontana’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%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing17.2%
RTRetail Trade13.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.8%
EDEducational Services8.0%
WSWholesale Trade6.7%
MFManufacturing6.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.3%
COConstruction3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fontana

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

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps83%
5 Gbps83%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fontana

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