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Pontiac, MI

59,714 Population
19.9 square miles 3,002.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$20,369 ±$931 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $35,288 ±$208
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $32,854 ±$142
$34,673 ±$2,330 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $62,768 ±$416
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $59,234 ±$218

27.9% ±2.4% (16,226  ±1,418) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 13.8% 589,619 (±0.2% / ±9,213)
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 13.7% 1,337,256 (±0.2% / ±14,613)

21.9 minutes ±0.8 (498,885  ±30,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 27 50,349,585 (±0.1 / ±252,809)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.6 105,557,240 (±0.1 / ±455,943)

Families

23,529 ±865 Number of households
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,726,401 ±3,950
  • Michigan: 3,980,408 ±8,401
2.5 ±0.1 (57,753  ±233) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 2.5 4,269,407 (±0 / ±1,314)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,748,164 (±0)

7.1% ±1.7% (1,078  ±259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.4% 53,460 (±0.2% / ±1,772)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.3% 119,659 (±0.1% / ±2,557)

Housing

27,089 ±771 Number of housing units
  • the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 1,910,964 ±706
  • Michigan: 4,611,913 ±1,095

$73,800 ±$2,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: $179,100 ±$1,143
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $162,600 ±$471

18.4% ±2.3% (10,811  ±1,325.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 11.9% 505,528 (±0.2% / ±8,274.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.4% 1,317,941 (±0.1% / ±13,406.4)

Social

79.2% ±3.3% (30,454  ±1,545.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 90.6% 2,720,413 (±0.4% / ±11,721.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.3% 6,257,361 (±0.3% / ±17,586.5)
13.5% ±1.7% (5,197  ±671) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 32.3% 968,270 (±0.2% / ±6,820.6)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 30% 2,055,131 (±0.2% / ±10,276)

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

9.2% ±1.3% (5,491  ±753) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 10.1% 434,754 (±0.1% / ±5,606)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 686,647 (±0.1% / ±7,455)

4.3% ±0.7% (1,906  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 5.9% 199,330 (±0.1% / ±2,776)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 6.8% 532,394 (±0.1% / ±4,849)
1,906 Total veterans ±295 1,769 Male ±285 137 Female ±85

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