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Pontiac, IL

11,294 Population
8.4 square miles 1,343.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,088 ±$3,203 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $37,327 ±$1,622
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$61,279 ±$8,526 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $73,790 ±$4,066
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

13.1% ±3.1% (1,258  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.5% † 3,529 (±1.4% / ±455)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

16.7 minutes ±2.4 (72,445  ±12,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 21.6 328,345 (±1.2 / ±21,047)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

4,457 ±276 Number of households
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 14,615 ±262
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.2 ±0.2 (9,565  ±322) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.3 33,537 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

7.4% ±3.5% (162  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7.3% † 521 (±1.7% / ±124)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

4,959 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 15,930 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$116,300 ±$9,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $142,200 ±$7,950
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

15.1% ±3.2% (1,682  ±359.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,546 (±1.6% / ±544.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

82.2% ±5.4% (6,894  ±528) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 88.6% 22,262 (±3.2% / ±819)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
16.2% ±2.8% (1,356  ±243.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 19% 4,774 (±1.6% / ±412.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±0.8% (263  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.4% 862
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

5.6% ±1.9% (524  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7% † 1,940 (±1% / ±284)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
524 Total veterans ±177 449 Male ±145 75 Female ±55

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