Basco vs Pontoosuc

A side-by-side comparison of Basco and Pontoosuc: population, income, housing, and more.

Basco and Pontoosuc are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pontoosuc has the higher population (104 vs 73 in Basco). Pontoosuc has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $46,250 in Basco). Pontoosuc has the higher median home value ($63,300 vs $38,200 in Basco).

Population, income & housing

	Basco	Pontoosuc
Population	73	104
Median age	48.3 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$54,375
Median home value	$38,200	$63,300
Housing units	45	68
Homeownership rate	83.8%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basco	Pontoosuc
Population	90 → 73 (-18.9%)	87 → 104 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $46,250 (+10.1%)	$40,000 → $54,375 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $38,200 (-1.5%)	$66,300 → $63,300 (-4.5%)

Basco

Population

9073

Median household income

$42,000$46,250

Median home value

$38,800$38,200

Pontoosuc

Population

87104

Median household income

$40,000$54,375

Median home value

$66,300$63,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basco	Pontoosuc
Under 5	12.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	3.8%
35 to 44	1.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	21.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	22.1%
75 and over	6.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basco	Pontoosuc
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basco	Pontoosuc
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	59.2%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basco	Pontoosuc
Drove alone	82.9%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basco	Pontoosuc
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Basco	Pontoosuc
Poverty rate	12.3%	2.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1938	1972