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Pontiac, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $117,119 (it was $71,700 in 2000)
Pontiac:

$117,119
Illinois:

$251,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $85,499 - $166,446

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $169,359
Here:

$169,359
State:

$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $183,540
Here:

$183,540
State:

$286,230

In 2-unit structures: $406,842
Here:

$406,842
State:

$299,638

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $151,714
Here:

$151,714
State:

$330,907

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $110,897
Here:

$110,897
State:

$318,887

Mobile homes: $125,401
Here:

$125,401
State:

$78,855

Total population: 11,599 (All urban)

Houses: 4,953 (4,630 occupied: 2,881 owner occupied, 1,808 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

39%
State:

33%

Housing density: 945 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $42,907.

Median contract rent in 2022: $634 (lower quartile is $478, upper quartile is $770)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $655


Median gross rent in Pontiac, IL in 2022: $797

Housing units in Pontiac with a mortgage: 1,810 (114 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 87 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $78,920

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $51,910

Median monthly housing costs: $855

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Pontiac, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1963

Median year apartment built: 1968

Household type by relationship:

Households: 11,293
  • Male householders: 1,694 (579 living alone), Female householders: 2,851 (1,221 living alone)
  • 1,680 spouses (1,680 opposite-sex spouses), 234 unmarried partners, (234 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,750 children (2,662 natural, 10 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 103 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 5 foster children, 99 other relatives, 163 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,632

Size of family households: 1,157 2-persons, 624 3-persons, 433 4-persons, 293 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,897 1-person, 208 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

1,134 married couples with children.
901 single-parent households (200 men, 701 women).

95.7% of residents of Pontiac speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 229 (2.0%)
(63.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.1
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

4.1

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pontiac, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pontiac, Illinois
  • 0no bedroom
  • 351 bedroom
  • 6852 bedrooms
  • 1,5643 bedrooms
  • 4764 bedrooms
  • 1225+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pontiac, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pontiac, Illinois
  • 26no bedroom
  • 5401 bedroom
  • 7742 bedrooms
  • 3743 bedrooms
  • 804 bedrooms
  • 125+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Pontiac in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Pontiac in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 93no vehicle
  • 9441 vehicle
  • 1,0912 vehicles
  • 5633 vehicles
  • 1094 vehicles
  • 825+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Pontiac in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Pontiac in renter-occupied apartments
  • 355no vehicle
  • 1,1221 vehicle
  • 2282 vehicles
  • 1033 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pontiac, Illinois
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pontiac, Illinois
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 543 rooms
  • 3274 rooms
  • 6395 rooms
  • 6556 rooms
  • 5027 rooms
  • 2298 rooms
  • 4769+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pontiac, Illinois
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pontiac, Illinois
  • 261 room
  • 542 rooms
  • 3293 rooms
  • 5414 rooms
  • 4215 rooms
  • 2366 rooms
  • 967 rooms
  • 938 rooms
  • 129+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Pontiac, IL
Pontiac city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Pontiac, IL household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Pontiac, IL in 2022
  • 233Less than $10,000
  • 556$10,000 to $19,999
  • 459$20,000 to $29,999
  • 701$30,000 to $39,999
  • 229$40,000 to $49,999
  • 377$50,000 to $59,999
  • 433$60,000 to $74,999
  • 620$75,000 to $99,999
  • 508$100,000 to $124,999
  • 192$125,000 to $149,999
  • 243$150,000 to $199,999
  • 170$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Pontiac, IL

  • Distribution of house value in Pontiac, IL in 2022
  • 117Less than $10,000
  • 61$10,000 to $14,999
  • 20$15,000 to $19,999
  • 30$20,000 to $24,999
  • 14$25,000 to $29,999
  • 11$30,000 to $34,999
  • 18$35,000 to $39,999
  • 66$40,000 to $49,999
  • 59$50,000 to $59,999
  • 132$60,000 to $69,999
  • 185$70,000 to $79,999
  • 251$80,000 to $89,999
  • 228$90,000 to $99,999
  • 422$100,000 to $124,999
  • 305$125,000 to $149,999
  • 255$150,000 to $174,999
  • 272$175,000 to $199,999
  • 94$200,000 to $249,999
  • 121$250,000 to $299,999
  • 23$300,000 to $399,999
  • 9$400,000 to $499,999
  • 9$500,000 to $749,999
  • 18$750,000 to $999,999
  • 13$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Pontiac, IL

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Pontiac, IL in 2022
  • 20Less than $100
  • 22$100 to $149
  • 145$150 to $199
  • 28$200 to $249
  • 81$250 to $299
  • 16$350 to $399
  • 16$400 to $449
  • 103$450 to $499
  • 151$500 to $549
  • 114$550 to $599
  • 123$600 to $649
  • 168$650 to $699
  • 217$700 to $749
  • 62$750 to $799
  • 174$800 to $899
  • 106$900 to $999
  • 52$1,000 to $1,249
  • 9$1,500 to $1,999
  • 8$2,000 to $2,499
  • 45$3,500 or more
  • 125No cash rent
Work and jobs in Pontiac: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 88.4%
Number of people working at home: 287 (5.8% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 370
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,615
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,119
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 322
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 231
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 119
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 223
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 94
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 149
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 178
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 66
  • 90 or more minutes: 69
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Pontiac

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 5,775 (79.6%)
  • Carpooled: 794 (10.9%)
  • Bus: 1 (0.0%)
  • Ferryboat: 2 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 53 (0.7%)
  • Bicycle: 146 (2.0%)
  • Walked: 66 (0.9%)
  • Worked at home: 287 (4.0%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 1.9%Males
  • 4.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 10.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 18.2%Females
Races in Pontiac detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pontiac, Illinois
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pontiac, Illinois
  • 1072010 or later
  • 262000 to 2009
  • 761990 to 1999
  • 371980 to 1989
  • 721970 to 1979
  • 35Before 1970
Ancestries in Pontiac, IL

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 1,529 (24.4%)
  • English: 583 (9.3%)
  • Irish: 561 (9.0%)
  • American: 440 (7.0%)
  • Italian: 305 (4.9%)
  • Polish: 271 (4.3%)
  • French: 230 (3.7%)
  • European: 165 (2.6%)
  • Norwegian: 65 (1.0%)
  • Scottish: 60 (1.0%)
  • Swedish: 57 (0.9%)
  • African: 48 (0.8%)
  • Belgian: 41 (0.7%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 40 (0.6%)
  • Slovak: 29 (0.5%)
  • Russian: 26 (0.4%)
  • Czech: 14 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 13 (0.2%)
  • Eastern European: 10 (0.2%)
  • Austrian: 9 (0.1%)
  • Nigerian: 9 (0.1%)
  • Hungarian: 8 (0.1%)
  • Slavic: 7 (0.1%)
  • Dutch: 2 (0.03%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines
Pontiac:

30.1% (69)
Illinois:

5.2% (93,003)

Mexico
Pontiac:

30.1% (69)
Illinois:

34.7% (626,958)

Pakistan
Pontiac:

12.2% (28)
Illinois:

1.6% (29,519)

Venezuela
Pontiac:

8.3% (19)
Illinois:

0.5% (9,688)

Russia
Pontiac:

4.4% (10)
Illinois:

0.9% (16,308)

Nigeria
Pontiac:

3.9% (9)
Illinois:

1.2% (21,186)

Other South America
Pontiac:

3.5% (8)
Illinois:

0.0% (404)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Pontiac:

3.1% (7)
Illinois:

4.1% (74,364)

India
Pontiac:

2.2% (5)
Illinois:

9.2% (166,409)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 9,212
  • Other state: 1,739
  • Northeast: 95
  • Midwest: 861
  • South: 555
  • West: 221

85.8% of Pontiac residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.4% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 89.6% lived in Illinois.


Pontiac:

85.8%
State average:

88.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 18
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 18
  • 5th and 6th grade: 8
  • 7th and 8th grade: 136
  • 9th grade: 168
  • 10th grade: 135
  • 11th grade: 199
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 63
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,925
  • Less than 1 year of college: 195
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 789
  • Associate degree: 48
  • Bachelor's degree: 307
  • Master's degree: 178
  • Professional school degree: 76
  • Doctorate degree: 3
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 31
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 12
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 22
  • 9th grade: 17
  • 10th grade: 99
  • 11th grade: 38
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 8
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,453
  • Less than 1 year of college: 363
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 625
  • Associate degree: 356
  • Bachelor's degree: 514
  • Master's degree: 154
  • Professional school degree: 61
  • Doctorate degree: 136
Educational Attainment for Females
Pontiac marital status for males
Pontiac marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,201
  • One, attached: 156
  • Two: 117
  • 3 or 4: 404
  • 5 to 9: 249
  • 10 to 19: 213
  • 20 to 49: 26
  • 50 or more: 264
  • Mobile homes: 319

Median worth of mobile homes: $12,126

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.5%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.6%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Pontiac
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Pontiac, IL
  • 92.1%Utility gas
  • 4.8%Electricity
  • 2.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Pontiac, IL
  • 57.2%Utility gas
  • 40.4%Electricity
  • 1.1%No fuel used
  • 0.7%Solar energy
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
Here:

12.2%
Illinois:

13.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
Here:

5.6%
Illinois:

9.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
Here:

7.1%
Illinois:

27.4%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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