Niota vs Pontoosuc

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

Niota 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 4 in Niota). Since 2019, Pontoosuc's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -95.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Niota	Pontoosuc
Population	4	104
Median age	—	53.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,375
Median home value	—	$63,300
Housing units	21	68
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	—	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niota	Pontoosuc
Population	85 → 4 (-95.3%)	87 → 104 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $50,859 (+4.3%)	$40,000 → $54,375 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $102,300 (+15.2%)	$66,300 → $63,300 (-4.5%)

Niota

Population

854

Median household income

$48,750$50,859

Median home value

$88,800$102,300

Pontoosuc

Population

87104

Median household income

$40,000$54,375

Median home value

$66,300$63,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niota	Pontoosuc
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.1%
75 and over	100.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niota	Pontoosuc
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niota	Pontoosuc
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	100.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niota	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

	Niota	Pontoosuc
Poverty rate	100.0%	2.9%
Average household size	—	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	—	1972