($1,650) Movers From Eugene, OR to Ontario, CA

What to know before moving from Eugene to Ontario

Moving from Eugene to Ontario comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Ontario is generally more expensive than Eugene, 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 64% higher than in Eugene, 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 Eugene.
  Home prices in Ontario are 45.3% higher than in Eugene.
• Income in Ontario is 15.2% higher than in Eugene, 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 36.3% higher than in Eugene. 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 32.3% higher than in Eugene.
• The unemployment rate in Ontario is 9.52% higher than in Eugene.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Ontario, since the city’s sales taxes in Ontario are 8.75% higher than in Eugene.
• State income taxes in Ontario are 34.34% higher than in Eugene.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $4,089.86 in Ontario to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Eugene.

How life is different in Eugene vs. Ontario

• Ontario and Eugene have roughly the same population, which could make adjusting to your new life in California easier.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Ontario will be about the same as it currently is in Eugene. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Ontario to be about as walkable as Eugene. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 48 and 46 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 Eugene. While Eugene has a bike-friendliness score of 72 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 Eugene, 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 6.0 in Eugene. 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 Eugene, whose index is Eugene's 54.24. 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 Eugene 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.