A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Rialto$3,430/mo

Typical home $590K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $1,759/mo · Housing →

Colton$2,860/mo

Typical home $495K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,661/mo · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,900 a year, between Rialto and Colton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Rialto and Colton share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

RialtoColton

Rialto ↔ Colton5.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1,053 Rialto residents work in Colton (2.6% of its workers)

1,020 Colton residents work in Rialto (4.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Rialto →

Report cards

Colton places higher on 14 of 23 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DRialtoSafer than 11% of U.S. towns C−ColtonSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−RialtoBetter than 53% of districts in the state C+ColtonBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

CRialtoHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns CColtonHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

5Rialto

14Colton

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #666#357 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #440#202 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #633#396 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #481#653 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #635#494 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #397#329 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #186#272 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #356#456

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Rialto’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

RialtoColton

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 43°F

July high95°F 95°F

Growing season (days)353d 353d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)94th 98th

Outdoors & history

RialtoColton

Trails3 mi 17 mi

Conserved land1.2%2.7%

Settled1911 —

National Register places2 1

Archive photos19 1

Famous people born here18 17

Community

RialtoColton

Library hours a week34 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

RialtoColton

People

Population 104,143Highest 53,772Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.9%Highest CA: +6.1% +3.4%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 32.6±0.8Lowest 14% below CA 33.9±1.2Highest 11% below CA

Colton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 26.7%±1.2Highest CA: 22% 23.4%±1.7Lowest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 10.8%±0.8Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.3%±1.1Highest CA: 15.7%

Colton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.6%Lowest CA: 37.1% 16.6%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±0.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 7%±1Highest CA: 7.6%

Colton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,857±$4kHighest 10% below CA $71,208±$3kLowest 28% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $487,900±$10kHighest 34% below CA $443,800±$8kLowest 40% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,759±$59Highest 14% below CA $1,661±$55Lowest 18% below CA

Rialto and Colton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,374Highest 34% below CA $2,809Lowest 45% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.6%±5Highest CA: 55.3% 56.9%±5.8Lowest CA: 55.3%

Rialto and Colton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 12.7%Lowest CA: 12% 13.7%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.2%Highest CA: 55.9% 52.8%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 6 yrs newer than CA 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 11% above CA 28 minLowest 4% below CA

Work from home 7.8%±1.1Lowest CA: 17.2% 9.1%±3.3Highest CA: 17.2%

Colton and Rialto are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Highest 6.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Lowest 1.07Highest

Top workplaceoutside town San Bernardino (10%)San Bernardino (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Colton4% work in Rialto

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miLowest 17.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11 11

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.9Highest 65.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #349 of 574 in CA #382 of 574 in CA

School district Colton Joint Unified · Fontana UnifiedColton Joint Unified · Rialto Unified

High school in town Eisenhower HighColton High

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Highest 19.4Lowest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Rialto vs Colton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Rialto

Rialto and Colton share a border

Colton places higher on 14 of 23 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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