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Pontiac, IL Micro Area

35,565 Population
1,043.6 square miles 34.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,327 ±$1,622 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,790 ±$4,066 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±1.4% (3,529  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±1.2 (328,345  ±21,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,615 ±262 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (33,537  ±112) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±1.7% (521  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,930 ±57 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,200 ±$7,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±1.6% (3,546  ±544.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±3.2% (22,262  ±819) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19% ±1.6% (4,774  ±412.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

2.4% (862  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1% (1,940  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,940 Total veterans ±284 1,833 Male ±274 107 Female ±58

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