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Pontiac City School District, MI

81,595 Population
38.5 square miles 2,121.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$34,462 ±$3,382 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oakland County: $53,537 ±$1,232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$50,200 ±$6,058 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Oakland County: $92,015 ±$2,003
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

22.3% ±5.2% (17,375  ±4,107) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Oakland County: 8.1% 102,276 (±0.7% / ±8,947)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

22.4 minutes ±0.7 (753,220  ±40,424) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 26 13,809,625 (±0.1 / ±140,188)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

35,380 ±2,068 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 533,533 ±3,904
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.2 ±0.2 (78,198  ±2,583) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,256,599 (±0 / ±379)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

5.7% ±3% (1,096  ±597) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 5% † 14,031 (±0.6% / ±1,774)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

38,706 ±2,340 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 563,476 ±213
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$156,400 ±$16,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Oakland County: $338,000 ±$4,906
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

14.8% ±3.3% (11,940  ±2,656.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oakland County: 10.5% 132,194 (±0.8% / ±9,824.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

86.5% ±5.3% (49,531  ±4,015.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 95.1% 872,161 (±1.5% / ±13,835.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
25.1% ±3.3% (14,357  ±2,057.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 51.1% 468,700 (±1.1% / ±9,697)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

15.7% ±3.6% (12,784  ±2,928) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 13.8% 175,713
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

6% ±1.7% (3,938  ±1,155) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 47,288 (±0.3% / ±3,318)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
3,938 Total veterans ±1,155 3,799 Male ±1,158 139 Female ±135

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