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Pontiac, MI

61,914 Population
19.9 square miles 3,113.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,702 ±$1,244 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $42,145 ±$253
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$42,791 ±$3,356 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $75,123 ±$510
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

25.6% ±2.6% (15,454  ±1,562) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.2% 570,902 (±0.2% / ±9,837)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

21.8 minutes ±0.9 (534,565  ±35,172) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 26.3 45,810,264 (±0.1 / ±276,613)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

25,605 ±846 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,755,372 ±3,651
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (60,151  ±99) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,323,288 (±0 / ±271)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.2% ±1.8% (791  ±282) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.3% 52,912 (±0.2% / ±1,839)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

28,276 ±865 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,914,787 ±360
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$110,600 ±$5,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $237,100 ±$1,122
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

15.7% ±1.9% (9,568  ±1,143.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.2% 442,564 (±0.2% / ±7,811.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

81.6% ±3.6% (33,547  ±1,685.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 91.2% 2,791,502 (±0.4% / ±13,006.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
16.2% ±1.7% (6,643  ±721.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 34.1% 1,042,347 (±0.3% / ±7,687.9)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

10.4% ±1.8% (6,407  ±1,135) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.3% 451,270
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

3.9% ±0.6% (1,852  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 178,316 (±0.1% / ±2,885)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,852 Total veterans ±297 1,707 Male ±299 145 Female ±73

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