What is the population of Fontana city?

Fontana city has 211,921 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Fontana city?

Median household income in Fontana city is $98,187 a year, 25% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fontana city?

Median gross rent is $1,733 a month and the median home value is $558,500, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Fontana city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fontana city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fontana, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fontana, California (Fontana, CA — Census place “Fontana city”) is 211,921 residents, ranking #20 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $98,187, the median home is worth $558,500 and median gross rent runs $1,733 a month. Looking for the Fontana California ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Fontana, CA: 92335, 92336, 92337.

Population: 211,921Fontana city residents
Median household income: $98,187Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $558,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,733Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.2%Owner-occupied households

Fontana ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fontana.

The Fontana CA ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fontana city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fontana city median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.3% of residents and 67.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fontana city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fontana city is a mid-size city in California, with 211,921 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #20 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 33.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Fontana city earn a median of $98,187 a year, 25% above the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fontana city is valued at $558,500, 84.1% above the national figure and 5% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,733 a month, 23.3% above the national figure, or roughly $20,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 67.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fontana city?: Fontana city has 211,921 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Fontana city?: Median household income in Fontana city is $98,187 a year, 25% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fontana city?: Median gross rent is $1,733 a month and the median home value is $558,500, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Fontana city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fontana city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fontana city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.