Work & commute · Ontario

Work & commute in Ontario, CA

Most working residents leave Ontario for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (7%), Rancho Cucamonga (5%) and Chino (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

11,080 of 72,549 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 61,469 Ontario residents head out of town to work, 11,080 work right here, and 114,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontario.

61,469live here, work elsewhere

11,080live and work here

114,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontario goes to work

Ontario (in town)right here

15%11,080

Los Angeles46.1 mi away

7%5,378

Rancho Cucamonga6.8 mi away

5%3,928

Chino5.7 mi away

5%3,302

Pomona9 mi away

3%2,522

Riverside14 mi away

3%1,911

Fontana9.6 mi away

2%1,797

Upland6.3 mi away

2%1,778

Corona12.3 mi away

2%1,535

Anaheim15.3 mi away

2%1,505

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%37,813

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

How far

How far Ontario commutes

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

40%

26%

24%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontario is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontario are

125,911 jobs are based in Ontario. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ontario’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ontario

125,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ontario residents hold

72,549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+36%

Jobs based in Ontario, 2013 → 2023: 92,370 → 125,911. 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.