Pontiac vs Theodosia

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

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

Theodosia has the higher population (138 vs 69 in Pontiac). Pontiac has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $35,375 in Theodosia). Since 2019, Theodosia's population has grown faster (-15.9% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Pontiac	Theodosia
Population	69	138
Median age	69.9 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$35,375
Median home value	—	$113,800
Housing units	182	201
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontiac	Theodosia
Population	232 → 69 (-70.3%)	164 → 138 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$53,264 → $86,442 (+62.3%)	$26,442 → $35,375 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$261,300 → $267,500 (+2.4%)	$85,000 → $113,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$492 → $488 (-0.8%)

Pontiac

Population

23269

Median household income

$53,264$86,442

Median home value

$261,300$267,500

Theodosia

Population

164138

Median household income

$26,442$35,375

Median home value

$85,000$113,800

Median gross rent

$492$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontiac	Theodosia
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	42.0%
65 to 74	79.7%	17.4%
75 and over	20.3%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontiac	Theodosia
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	87.7%
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	18.8%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontiac	Theodosia
No high school diploma	0.0%	28.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	79.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontiac	Theodosia
Drove alone	—	85.7%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	14.3%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontiac	Theodosia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
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	0.0%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Pontiac	Theodosia
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.56	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1969	1978