Gainesville vs Pontiac

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

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

Gainesville has the higher population (902 vs 69 in Pontiac). Pontiac has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $31,087 in Gainesville). Since 2019, Gainesville's population has grown faster (+48.4% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Pontiac
Population	902	69
Median age	42.9 yrs	69.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,087	$86,442
Median home value	$97,900	—
Median gross rent	$602	—
Housing units	421	182
Homeownership rate	49.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Pontiac
Population	608 → 902 (+48.4%)	232 → 69 (-70.3%)
Median household income	$10,469 → $31,087 (+196.9%)	$53,264 → $86,442 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $97,900 (+20.4%)	$261,300 → $267,500 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $602 (+6.0%)	—

Gainesville

Population

608902

Median household income

$10,469$31,087

Median home value

$81,300$97,900

Median gross rent

$568$602

Pontiac

Population

23269

Median household income

$53,264$86,442

Median home value

$261,300$267,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Pontiac
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	79.7%
75 and over	11.3%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Pontiac
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	81.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	5.7%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Pontiac
No high school diploma	21.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Pontiac
Drove alone	69.8%	—
Carpooled	12.6%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	3.5%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	8.2%	—
Other means	6.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Pontiac
1-unit, detached	68.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Pontiac
Poverty rate	24.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1966	1969