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Pontiac, MI

62,104 Population
19.9 square miles 3,123.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,080 ±$1,254 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $43,384 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,329 ±$3,375 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $76,664 ±$554
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.4% ±2.8% (14,744  ±1,688) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.6% 589,816 (±0.2% / ±10,497)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±0.7 (523,380  ±31,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26 44,472,824 (±0 / ±250,895)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

25,617 ±882 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,768,816 ±3,294
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (60,376  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,333,258
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±1.5% (684  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,174 (±0.2% / ±1,960)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

28,325 ±814 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,926,157 ±451
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,700 ±$6,744 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $249,700 ±$1,124
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±1.7% (7,964  ±1,043.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10% 431,361 (±0.2% / ±7,266.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±3.7% (35,061  ±1,757.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.3% 2,810,488 (±0.4% / ±12,788.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±1.8% (6,876  ±769.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.8% 1,070,366 (±0.3% / ±7,706.3)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

12.1% ±1.7% (7,538  ±1,079) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.7% 467,634
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±0.6% (1,745  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5% 169,530 (±0.1% / ±2,656)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,745 Total veterans ±301 1,635 Male ±280 110 Female ±71

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