Bethalto vs Pontoon Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bethalto and Pontoon Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethalto has the higher population (9,244 vs 6,131 in Pontoon Beach). Bethalto has the higher median household income ($66,469 vs $59,375 in Pontoon Beach). Bethalto has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $137,900 in Pontoon Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
Population	9,244	6,131
Median age	41.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,469	$59,375
Median home value	$158,600	$137,900
Median gross rent	$879	$1,117
Housing units	4,584	2,539
Homeownership rate	79.2%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
Population	9,284 → 9,244 (-0.4%)	5,793 → 6,131 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$63,200 → $66,469 (+5.2%)	$53,341 → $59,375 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $158,600 (+19.0%)	$95,200 → $137,900 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $879 (+9.5%)	$849 → $1,117 (+31.6%)

Bethalto

Population

9,2849,244

Median household income

$63,200$66,469

Median home value

$133,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$803$879

Pontoon Beach

Population

5,7936,131

Median household income

$53,341$59,375

Median home value

$95,200$137,900

Median gross rent

$849$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
Under 5	6.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.5%
75 and over	11.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	64.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	33.2%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
Drove alone	81.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	13.1%
Public transit	1.8%	2.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
1-unit, detached	78.6%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Bethalto	Pontoon Beach
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1991