Work & commute · Fontana

Work & commute in Fontana, CA

Most working residents leave Fontana for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Ontario (8%), Rancho Cucamonga (7%) and San Bernardino (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8,133 of 86,709 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78,576 Fontana residents head out of town to work, 8,133 work right here, and 46,508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fontana.

78,576live here, work elsewhere

8,133live and work here

46,508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fontana goes to work

Fontana (in town)right here

9%8,133

Ontario9.6 mi away

8%7,195

Rancho Cucamonga6.1 mi away

7%5,843

San Bernardino9.9 mi away

7%5,797

Los Angeles54.6 mi away

7%5,775

Riverside12.5 mi away

5%4,114

Rialto4.2 mi away

4%3,319

Jurupa Valley7.4 mi away

2%1,584

Chino15.2 mi away

2%1,574

Upland11.3 mi away

2%1,503

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%41,872

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fontana commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

26%

23%

14%

37%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fontana is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fontana are

54,641 jobs are based in Fontana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fontana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fontana

54,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Fontana residents hold

86,709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+22%

Jobs based in Fontana, 2013 → 2023: 44,968 → 54,641. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.