California · Census place 24680
Fontana city, CA
Quick answer
Fontana city has 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.
- 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
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
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- Glendale city 192,270
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