Ontario, California
Area Profile
180,547 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Ontario, in San Bernardino County.
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Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 27% of median household income.
Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, earthquake and wildfire.
At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
| Metric | Value | Compared with peers | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income ±$4,081 | $88,941 | Top 26% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$941 | $32,506 | Bottom 46% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate | 12.4% | Top 44% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute | 33.7 min | Top 20% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 22.5% | Top 45% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Labor force participation | 66.2% | Top 30% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 102,760 | $34,320 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 77,160 | $43,200 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 69,820 | $46,060 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 51,310 | $42,280 |
| Retail Salespersons | 41,270 | $36,720 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 40,230 | $60,580 |
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated →Median rent of $2,030 takes 27% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.
A median home costs 6.8 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.
| Metric | Value | Compared with peers | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price to income | 6.83 | Top 6% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate | 58.0% | Bottom 18% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±979 | 55,966 | Top 1% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median gross rent ±$50 | $2,030 | Top 8% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$7,033 | $607,600 | Top 8% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income | 27.4% | Top 11% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate | 3.9% | Bottom 24% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated →No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and wildfire.
Low or minimal exposure: landslide, heat wave, strong wind, lightning, hail, tornado, winter weather, drought, volcanic activity, cold wave.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Taxes
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) | Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current) |
| Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year | Annual (5-year estimates released each December) |
Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.