Pomona, California, United States

🇺🇸 Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley.

The main campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, also known as Cal Poly Pomona, lies mostly within Pomona's city limits.

Economy Since the 1980s, Pomona's newest neighbourhood Phillips Ranch, experienced rapid growth with homes still being built in the hilly area between Downtown and Diamond Bar. Today, Phillips Ranch is nearly all residential. Northern Pomona has seen some gentrification with additional housing units added and revamped streetscapes. Pomona Electronics was originally based in the city.

Pomona had two malls, the pedestrian Pomona Mall downtown and the Indian Hill Mall, both now defunct as malls per se, but still dedicated to retail and other uses.

According to a recent Financial Report, the top employers in the city and number of employees are Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (3,230), Pomona Unified School District (3,034), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2,440), Fairplex (1,071), Casa Colina Rehabilitation Center (1,020), City of Pomona (661), and County of Los Angeles Department of Social Services (350).

Rail Pomona is connected to downtown Los Angeles and to downtown Riverside via Metrolink and is connected by Amtrak via the Sunset Limited and the Texas Eagle. In addition, Pomona will be connected to Los Angeles and eastern Los Angeles county via light rail when the Gold Line Foothill Extension is completed in 2026. When it opens, the rail line will be renamed the A Line per Metro's new naming convention, and it will connect with the former Blue Line via the new Regional Connector in downtown Los Angeles. Metrolink stations •      Riverside Line: Pomona—Downtown •      San Bernardino Line: Pomona—North

Freeways and highways • San Bernardino Freeway • Orange Freeway • Pomona Freeway • Foothill Boulevard • Chino Valley Freeway

Airports Pomona is serviced by: • Ontario Airport (ONT), located 12 miles (19 km) away • John Wayne Airport (SNA), formerly called the Orange County Airport, located 30 miles (48 km) away • Long Beach Airport (LGB), located 35 miles (56 km) away • San Bernardino International Airport (SBD), located 37 miles (60 km) away • Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), located in Burbank, 42 miles (68 km) away • Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located 45 miles (72 km) away

Buses Pomona is served by Foothill Transit. The Silver Streak is Foothill Transit's bus rapid transit line operating between eastbound to Montclair and westbound to Downtown Los Angeles. Omnitrans bus line 61 runs throughout downtown Pomona.

The service runs much more frequently than other area mass transit, and operates around the clock. 60-foot NABI articulated buses are used on this route, similar to those used on the Metro G Line, Metro Local, and Metro Rapid.