Pontiac vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Pontiac and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

Pontiac and Troy are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Troy has the higher population (87,307 vs 61,914 in Pontiac). Troy has the higher median household income ($119,299 vs $42,791 in Pontiac). Troy has the higher median home value ($396,800 vs $110,600 in Pontiac).

Population, income & housing

	Pontiac	Troy
Population	61,914	87,307
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,791	$119,299
Median home value	$110,600	$396,800
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,557
Housing units	28,276	34,997
Homeownership rate	44.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontiac	Troy
Population	59,955 → 61,914 (+3.3%)	83,989 → 87,307 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$33,568 → $42,791 (+27.5%)	$101,882 → $119,299 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $110,600 (+64.8%)	$301,500 → $396,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,007 (+23.6%)	$1,215 → $1,557 (+28.1%)

Pontiac

Population

59,95561,914

Median household income

$33,568$42,791

Median home value

$67,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$815$1,007

Troy

Population

83,98987,307

Median household income

$101,882$119,299

Median home value

$301,500$396,800

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontiac	Troy
Under 5	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontiac	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	62.6%
Black or African American	46.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.7%	26.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontiac	Troy
No high school diploma	18.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontiac	Troy
Drove alone	73.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	16.3%	5.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.1%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontiac	Troy
1-unit, detached	61.0%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	10.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Pontiac	Troy
Poverty rate	25.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1960	1977