($1,025) Movers From Paradise, NV to Ontario, CA

What to know before moving from Paradise to Ontario

Moving from Paradise to Ontario comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Ontario is generally more expensive than Paradise, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Ontario are 37% higher than in Paradise, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Paradise.
  Home prices in Ontario are 79.6% higher than in Paradise.
• Income in Ontario is 7.5% higher than in Paradise, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in Ontario include Prime Healthcare, Niagara Bottling, and Gold Star Foods.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Ontario, since the cost of living for a single person in Ontario is 12.3% higher than in Paradise. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Ontario, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Ontario is 18.9% higher than in Paradise.
• The unemployment rate in Ontario is 21.59% lower than in Paradise.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Ontario, since the city’s sales taxes in Ontario are 19.86% higher than in Paradise.
• State income taxes in Ontario are 13.30% higher than in Paradise.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,367.68 in Ontario to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Paradise.

How life is different in Paradise vs. Ontario

• Ontario might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 8% less than Paradise.
• Getting around Ontario without a car might be more difficult than in Paradise. Ontario has a public transportation score of 5 out of 10, whereas Paradise is ranked 6. Ratings are based on a city’s transit connectivity, service frequency, and accessibility to key destinations like jobs and grocery stores.
• You’ll find Ontario to be about as walkable as Paradise. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 48 and 50 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Ontario, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Paradise. While Paradise has a bike-friendliness score of 50 out of 100, Ontario earned a 46. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• The crime rate in Ontario is higher than in Paradise, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 50.25 in Ontario, it is 43.6 in Paradise. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Ontario. With a crime index of 49.75, Ontario ranks lower in overall safety than Paradise, whose index is Paradise's 56.4. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Ontario and Paradise is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.