City safety & data profile
FontanaCA
Fontana, CA is a 213K-resident city in San Bernardino County with a median household income of $102,821.
San Bernardino County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fontana, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fontana has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $586,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-08-10
- 213K
- Population (place)
- Top 2%
- By size
- $102,821
- Median income (place)
- $586,800
- Median home (place)
- 9.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Fontana
Fontana posts a median household income higher than 71% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Fontana area.
- Top 29%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Fontana
Where Fontana income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$102,821 Top 29% higher than 71% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading Fontana, CA beyond the headline numbers
Fontana sits inside San Bernardino County, California, at roughly 34.09°N, -117.44°W. Population 212,704, $102,821 median household income. Median home value $586,800, median rent $1,839. Poverty rate 9.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Fontana, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
At 9.9%, poverty in Fontana, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
The median home in Fontana costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
13% of Fontana workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.3% in Fontana, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Fontana's median age is 33.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fontana from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (San Bernardino County): Fontana's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 9.9% -20% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21.4% |
| Work From Home | 13% |
| Public Transit | 1.3% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
Alerts & News - Fontana Area
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fontana right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
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Safety Context
Fontana, CA is located in San Bernardino County, California. With a population of 213K and a $102,821 median household income, the community faces health challenges including short sleep duration and obesity. Residents have access to 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. Safety alerts for the Fontana area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - California
Real-time AQI for every monitored California location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nearby Cities 8
Using Fontana's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Bernardino County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.