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Ontario, CA
185,285 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0653896 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Ontario ranked #170 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Ontario and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pomona CA, Garland TX, Pasadena CA, Tempe AZ, Oxnard CA, Glendale AZ, Jurupa Valley CA, Escondido CA, Grand Prairie TX, Irving TX, Rialto CA, Vista CA, Lancaster CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #170 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #157 | #212 | #158 | #248 | #189 | #233 | #265 | #165 | #218 | #208 | #93 | #240 | #156 | #144 | #221 | #240 | #263 | #209 | #170 | #235 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 166,563 | 166,785 | 166,082 | 164,951 | 163,719 | 164,377 | 165,756 | 166,630 | 167,096 | 168,097 | 170,210 | 172,561 | 175,334 | 180,718 | 185,010 | 175,723 | 178,274 | 180,736 | 182,782 | 185,285 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #166 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | +0.2 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 | — | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.1 | +0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #122 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 15.3 | 3.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #294 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.9% | 21.6% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 27.9% | 26.7% | 28.4% | 28.2% | 29.8% | 27.6% | 29.2% | 28.9% | 26.8% | 25.1% | — | 27.4% | 28.5% | 27.5% | 28.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #65 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | 7.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | — | 3.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 100,766 | 105,885 | 108,173 | 104,231 | 96,919 | 99,196 | 93,148 | 93,850 | 99,210 | 102,991 | 115,258 | 117,079 | 123,068 | 128,636 | 126,876 | 122,516 | 126,359 | 137,623 | 138,737 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #166 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.3 | +0.4 | +2.4 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -2.0 | -7.3 | +1.8 | +2.3 | -0.7 | +7.7 | -3.1 | +1.7 | +1.1 | -2.8 | -1.0 | -0.1 | +1.3 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71,161 | 72,295 | 69,291 | 78,095 | 81,307 | 79,971 | 83,159 | 92,395 | 91,940 | — | 83,012 | 85,127 | 90,125 | 92,975 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #242 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.4% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 8.8% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 7.1% | 5.1% | 4.4% | — | 7.0% | 4.9% | 6.2% | 5.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #311 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 9 in its peer group with data | 24% | 25% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 6% | 18% | 23% | 23% | 18% | 29% | 21% | 16% | 8% | -3% | -22% | -2% | -13% | -68% | -35% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #272 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 9 in its peer group with data | $2,873 | $3,058 | $2,667 | $2,816 | $2,379 | $2,227 | $2,002 | $1,742 | $1,670 | $2,086 | $2,005 | $1,899 | $1,831 | $3,106 | $2,937 | $4,895 | $4,907 | $5,210 | $6,471 | $6,288 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Ontario. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.