Holiday Shores vs Pontoon Beach

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

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

Pontoon Beach has the higher population (6,131 vs 3,162 in Holiday Shores). Holiday Shores has the higher median household income ($98,265 vs $59,375 in Pontoon Beach). Holiday Shores has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $137,900 in Pontoon Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
Population	3,162	6,131
Median age	44.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,265	$59,375
Median home value	$231,300	$137,900
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,117
Housing units	1,209	2,539
Homeownership rate	86.4%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
Population	2,930 → 3,162 (+7.9%)	5,793 → 6,131 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$99,207 → $98,265 (-0.9%)	$53,341 → $59,375 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $231,300 (+26.7%)	$95,200 → $137,900 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$849 → $1,117 (+31.6%)

Holiday Shores

Population

2,9303,162

Median household income

$99,207$98,265

Median home value

$182,600$231,300

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)

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
Under 5	4.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.5%
75 and over	7.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	64.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	20.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
Drove alone	81.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	1.2%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Shores	Pontoon Beach
Poverty rate	2.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.78	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1991	1991