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City in California, United States

Fontana

$629kMedian Home
347Sunny Days/yr
78°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 209k· Elev. 1,237 ftWikipedia

Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional hub of the trucking industry, with the east–west Interstate 10 and State Route 210 crossing the city and Interstate 15 passing diagonally through its northwestern quadrant. The city is about 46 miles (74 km) east of Los Angeles.Wikipedia

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About the RegionCalifornia

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$629k
Median Home Price
Rent burden37% of income
Household Income
$93k
Median annual
Population Density
4,833
Residents per mi²
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Livability

Walk Score
39
School Rating
5.6/10
Internet
Fiber
22%
Cable
96%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
347
sunny days per year
95% of the year
Avg High Temp
78°F
annual average
Comfort Score
80/100
Great
Temp Swing
34°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
21"
inches per year
Air Quality
72
Moderate AQI
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Natural Hazard Risk

Flood Risk
minimal
FEMA classification
Wildfire Risk
minimal
FEMA rating
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Demographics

Population209k
Altitude1,237 ftabove sea level
Density4,833/mi²residents
Median Age33 yrs
College Educated20%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home10%of workforce
Poverty Rate11%

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