Bakersfield vs Pontiac

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

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

Bakersfield has the higher population (246 vs 69 in Pontiac). Pontiac has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $36,951 in Bakersfield). Since 2019, Bakersfield's population has grown faster (-8.6% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
Population	246	69
Median age	47.1 yrs	69.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,951	$86,442
Median home value	$87,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	151	182
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
Population	269 → 246 (-8.6%)	232 → 69 (-70.3%)
Median household income	$21,458 → $36,951 (+72.2%)	$53,264 → $86,442 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $87,700 (+10.7%)	$261,300 → $267,500 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,188 (+77.8%)	—

Bakersfield

Population

269246

Median household income

$21,458$36,951

Median home value

$79,200$87,700

Median gross rent

$668$1,188

Pontiac

Population

23269

Median household income

$53,264$86,442

Median home value

$261,300$267,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	4.1%	79.7%
75 and over	20.7%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
No high school diploma	33.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
Drove alone	86.8%	—
Carpooled	7.7%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	5.5%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
1-unit, detached	85.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Pontiac
Poverty rate	40.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1987	1969