What is the population of Pontiac city?

Pontiac city has 11,483 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #202 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Pontiac city?

Median household income in Pontiac city is $59,579 a year, 24.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pontiac city?

Median gross rent is $818 a month and the median home value is $110,200, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

Is Pontiac city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pontiac city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pontiac, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pontiac, Illinois (Pontiac, IL — Census place “Pontiac city”) is 11,483 residents, ranking #202 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $59,579, the median home is worth $110,200 and median gross rent runs $818 a month. Looking for the Pontiac Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pontiac, IL: 61764.

Population: 11,483Pontiac city residents
Median household income: $59,579Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $110,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $818Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65%Owner-occupied households

Pontiac ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pontiac.

The Pontiac IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

61764

What the numbers mean in Pontiac city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pontiac city median would spend about 16.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.9% of residents and 65% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Pontiac city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pontiac city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 11,483 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #202 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Pontiac city earn a median of $59,579 a year, 24.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pontiac city is valued at $110,200, 63.7% below the national figure and 38% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $818 a month, 41.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,816 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 65% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Pontiac city?: Pontiac city has 11,483 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #202 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Pontiac city?: Median household income in Pontiac city is $59,579 a year, 24.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pontiac city?: Median gross rent is $818 a month and the median home value is $110,200, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Pontiac city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pontiac city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pontiac city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.