Ontario is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 11,866 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ontario is the 46th largest community in Oregon.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.49% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.11 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Ontario does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Ontario rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.70% of adults 25 and older in Ontario have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Ontario in 2022 was $23,075, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,300 for a family of four. However, Ontario contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ontario is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ontario home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ontario residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ontario also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ontario include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ontario is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.