Pontiac vs Wasola

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

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

Pontiac has the higher population (69 vs 30 in Wasola). Since 2019, Pontiac's population has grown faster (-70.3% vs -83.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Pontiac	Wasola
Population	69	30
Median age	69.9 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	—
Housing units	182	18
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontiac	Wasola
Population	232 → 69 (-70.3%)	177 → 30 (-83.1%)
Median household income	$53,264 → $86,442 (+62.3%)	—
Median home value	$261,300 → $267,500 (+2.4%)	—

Pontiac

Population

23269

Median household income

$53,264$86,442

Median home value

$261,300$267,500

Wasola

Population

17730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontiac	Wasola
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	40.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	79.7%	36.7%
75 and over	20.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontiac	Wasola
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontiac	Wasola
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	79.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontiac	Wasola
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontiac	Wasola
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Pontiac	Wasola
Poverty rate	0.0%	63.3%
Average household size	2.56	1.67
Median year structure built	1969	—