Ferris vs Pontoosuc

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

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

Ferris has the higher population (135 vs 104 in Pontoosuc). Pontoosuc has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $51,250 in Ferris). Ferris has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $63,300 in Pontoosuc).

Population, income & housing

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
Population	135	104
Median age	55.6 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$54,375
Median home value	$80,800	$63,300
Housing units	60	68
Homeownership rate	92.6%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
Population	150 → 135 (-10.0%)	87 → 104 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $51,250 (+8.6%)	$40,000 → $54,375 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $80,800 (+14.0%)	$66,300 → $63,300 (-4.5%)

Ferris

Population

150135

Median household income

$47,188$51,250

Median home value

$70,900$80,800

Pontoosuc

Population

87104

Median household income

$40,000$54,375

Median home value

$66,300$63,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
Under 5	5.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	5.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	2.2%	3.8%
55 to 64	20.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	3.7%	22.1%
75 and over	27.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	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	0.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
No high school diploma	24.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
Drove alone	100.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferris	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

	Ferris	Pontoosuc
Poverty rate	22.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1951	1972