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Pontiac, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pontiac, MI: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 59,853. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PONTIAC-MI · Pontiac, MI 3 ZIPs · 59,853 pop · #23100/25278 · Oakland County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $44,845
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23100/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Southfield
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 47% owners
  • POP-SMALL 59,853
  • SPREAD-MOD 48342→48341
  • HOME-LOW $123,900

Nearest income peer: Southfield, MI (+ $25,004 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Pontiac

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Pontiac on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Pontiac, MI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
59,853
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,845
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 3 ZIPs ($44,845 average) · poverty 24.8%. The primary code (48340) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (46.5%) for this income tier, rent $1,035 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Michigan, Mackinaw City is the closest lower-income city and Turner the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pontiac.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Pontiac differ

The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 21.3% in ZIP 48341 and 31.7% in 48342. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.5×

48342 to 48341

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.5×

48342 to 48341

Poverty-rate spread
10.4 points

48341 to 48342

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Pontiac residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Pontiac: the largest, 48340, is only about 41% of 59,853 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Pontiac

Citywide ZBP: 955 establishments, 30,617 employees , annual payroll $2,112,421k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48340 (326 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (165) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Pontiac, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Oakland County, which covers 66 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Pontiac. See the Oakland County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Oakland County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Pontiac, Rochester, Farmington and Troy among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bloomfield Hills marks the far end of that range at $162,817, 263% above Pontiac.

Side-by-side: Compare 48340 vs 48342 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
48340 24,307 $47,891 326 1,251
48342 18,407 $35,253 318 1,240
48341 17,139 $51,390 311 1,036
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Pontiac roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Pontiac, .