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Pontiac City School District, MI

84,702 Population
38.5 square miles 2,201.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 41.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,632 ±$3,118 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oakland County: $56,680 ±$1,330
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$51,636 ±$3,479 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Oakland County: $98,709 ±$3,098
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.3% ±4.1% (17,420  ±3,414) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Oakland County: 7.5% 96,636 (±0.7% / ±8,654)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.7 minutes ±0.7 (729,200  ±41,270) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 25.8 13,420,370 (±0.2 / ±143,722)
  • 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

35,858 ±2,768 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 524,981 ±4,431
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.2 (81,501  ±3,059) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,283,488 (±0 / ±168)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±1.9% (587  ±384) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 3.5% † 10,069 (±0.6% / ±1,737)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

40,003 ±2,864 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 567,215 ±135
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$167,500 ±$10,141 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Oakland County: $365,500 ±$5,325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.5% ±3.8% (13,825  ±3,195.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oakland County: 10.6% 136,906 (±0.9% / ±11,033.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.5% ±5% (53,166  ±4,470) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 95.3% 895,814 (±1.5% / ±14,369.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.1% ±3.4% (15,441  ±2,293.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 52.2% 490,373 (±1% / ±9,477.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.8% ±2.9% (11,654  ±2,454) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 13.8% 179,433
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.8% (1,702  ±577) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 3.9% 40,232 (±0.3% / ±3,086)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,702 Total veterans ±577 1,592 Male ±563 110 Female ±136

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