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Notable locations in Pontiac: Pontiac Correctional Center (A), Pontiac-Oakland Museum and Research Center (B), Pontiac Rural Fire Protection District (C), Pontiac Fire Department (D), State Correctional Center (E), Pontiac City Hall (F), Duffy Ambulance Service (G), Pontiac Public Library (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Pontiac include: Central Christian Church (A), Church of Christ (B), Church of the Nazarene (C), First Christian Church (D), First Lutheran Church (E), First United Methodist Church (F), First United Presbyterian Church (G), Grace Episcopal Church (H), Pontiac Church of God (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Pontiac Southside Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Smith Branch (A), Rooks Creek (B), Turtle Creek (C), North Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Pontiac include: Lions Park (1), Jaycee Park (2), Humiston Park (3), Fell Park (4), Dargan Park (5), Chautauqua Park (6), Camp-Humiston Pool (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Pontiac (1823 West Reynolds Street).
Court: Livingston County - Court Services Probation- Probation Court Services (119 North Mill Street).
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Livingston County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Pontiac that have no violations reported:
- TWIN CREEK GOLF CLUB (Population served: 125, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- SARTORIS DRUGS PLAZA (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_groundwater)
- PFAFFS HERBAL HEALTH-VENDING (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 14.8%
(12.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 45.9% for Black residents, 61.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 63.7% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.3 people | | Illinois: |  2.4 people |
| This city: | 60.1% | | Whole state: | 67.3% |
| This city: | 5.8% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Pontiac, IL
People in group quarters in Pontiac:
- 1,603 people in state prisons
- 238 people in nursing homes
- 58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Pontiac compared to Illinois state average:
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Pontiac (2011 data):
- First Financial Bank, National Association: North Mill Branch, West Facility, West Madison Street Branch. Info updated 2012/01/04: Bank assets: $2,852.7 mil, Deposits: $2,227.7 mil, headquarters in Terre Haute, IN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 66 total offices, Holding Company: First Financial Corporation
- Bank of Pontiac: Bank Of Pontiac West at 1703 West Reynolds Street, branch established on 1996/04/08; Bank Of Pontiac at 300 West Washington Street, branch established on 1947/09/06. Info updated 2010/08/04: Bank assets: $390.3 mil, Deposits: $329.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Pontiac Bancorp, Inc.
- Woodforest National Bank: Pontiac Walmart Branch at 1706 West Reynolds Road, branch established on 2007/02/05. Info updated 2011/05/10: Bank assets: $3,488.9 mil, Deposits: $3,097.6 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 766 total offices, Holding Company: Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (With 401(K) Provisions) (Amended And
- State Bank of Graymont: Pontiac Branch at 1100 West Howard Street, branch established on 1999/02/25. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $179.9 mil, Deposits: $162.0 mil, headquarters in Graymont, IL, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Graymont Bancorp, Inc.
- Regions Bank: Pontiac Branch at 110 West Water Street, branch established on 1885/01/01. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $123,368.2 mil, Deposits: $98,301.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1778 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- State Bank of Saunemin: Pontiac Branch at 901 East Howard Street, branch established on 1996/03/18. Info updated 2010/06/15: Bank assets: $30.8 mil, Deposits: $27.8 mil, headquarters in Saunemin, IL, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 2 total offices
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Pontiac, Illinois:
- Super 8 Motel Pontiac, 601 S Deerfield Rd, Pontiac, IL 61764
 , Phone: (815) 844-6888
- Comfort Inn Pontiac, 1821 W Reynolds St, Pontiac, IL 61764 , Phone: (815) 842-2777, Fax: (815) 842-4040
- Fiesta Motel, 951 W Reynolds St, Pontiac, IL 61764 , Phone: (815) 844-7103
- Super 8 Motel Pontiac, RR 1, Pontiac, IL 61764 , Phone: (815) 844-6888
- Down Towner Motel, 100 N Main St, Pontiac, IL 61764 , Phone: (815) 844-5102
- Holiday Inn Express Pontiac, 1823 W Reynolds St, Pontiac, IL 61764 , Phone: (815) 844-4444
All 6 fire-safe hotels and motels in Pontiac, Illinois
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Livingston County Illinois:
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Religion statistics for Pontiac (based on Livingston County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 61.09%
| Here | | 61.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Inc. Apostolic Christian Church of America |
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| Adherents | 29.0% | 20.7% | 18.2% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
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| Congregations | 13.3% | 14.7% | 21.3% | 8.0% | 2.7% |
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| Name | Lutheran Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Church of Christ | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
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| Adherents | 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 9.5% |
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| Congregations | 2.7% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 26.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 7 | Livingston County: | 1.85 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.24 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.26 / 10,000 pop. | | Illinois: | 0.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 22 | Livingston County: | 5.81 / 10,000 pop. | | Illinois: | 2.61 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 32 | Here: | 8.46 / 10,000 pop. | | Illinois: | 6.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult obesity rate: | Livingston County: | 27.3% | | State: | 25.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Livingston County: | 10.8% | | State: | 14.5% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $5,978 | $35,868 | 1 | $524 |
| Other Government Administration |
4 | $17,446 | $52,338 | 3 | $1,252 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $2,376 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
23 | $93,414 | $48,738 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $5,826 | $34,956 | 2 | $1,016 |
| Firefighters |
13 | $50,858 | $46,946 | 10 | $3,502 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $3,022 | $36,264 | 1 | $560 |
| Streets and Highways |
11 | $38,048 | $41,507 | 2 | $526 |
| Airports |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,230 |
| Sewerage |
8 | $31,198 | $46,797 | 1 | $260 |
| Parks and Recreation |
6 | $15,788 | $31,576 | 10 | $2,864 |
| Local Libraries |
12 | $25,696 | $25,696 | 12 | $6,108 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $8,042 | $48,252 | 7 | $3,416 |
| Totals for Government |
84 | $295,316 | $42,188 | 51 | $23,634 |
Pontiac government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,252,000 ($105.12)
- Charges - Sewerage: $1,056,000 ($88.66)
Solid Waste Management: $325,000 ($27.29)
Parks & Recreation: $228,000 ($19.14)
All Other: $74,000 ($6.21)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $908,000 ($76.24)
Central Staff Services: $134,000 ($11.25)
Parks & Recreation: $97,000 ($8.14)
Sewerage: $68,000 ($5.71)
General: $14,000 ($1.18)
Air Transportation: $14,000 ($1.18)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,456,000 ($122.25)
Sewerage: $847,000 ($71.12)
Regular Highways: $705,000 ($59.19)
Financial Administration: $681,000 ($57.18)
General - Other: $650,000 ($54.58)
Fire Protection: $600,000 ($50.38)
Parks & Recreation: $593,000 ($49.79)
Libraries: $319,000 ($26.78)
Solid Waste Management: $302,000 ($25.36)
Welfare - Other: $24,000 ($2.02)
- Employee Retirement - Total Cash & Deposits: $1,103,000 ($92.61)
Total Federal Securities: $404,000 ($33.92)
Interest Revenue: $134,000 ($11.25)
Benefit Payments: $106,000 ($8.90)
From Local Government: $74,000 ($6.21)
Local Employee Contribution: $31,000 ($2.60)
From Other Government: $5,000 ($0.42)
- General - Interest on Debt: $177,000 ($14.86)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $110,000 ($9.24)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $3,678,000 ($308.82)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $3,173,000 ($266.41)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $505,000 ($42.40)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $450,000 ($37.78)
Interest Earnings: $191,000 ($16.04)
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $102,000 ($8.56)
Sewerage: $77,000 ($6.47)
Police Protection: $39,000 ($3.27)
Parks & Recreation: $37,000 ($3.11)
Regular Highways: $29,000 ($2.43)
Fire Protection: $5,000 ($0.42)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,990,000 ($335.01)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $41,000 ($3.44)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $2,963,000 ($248.78)
All Other: $415,000 ($34.84)
Highways: $326,000 ($27.37)
- Tax - Property: $2,715,000 ($227.96)
NEC: $42,000 ($3.53)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,975,000 ($249.79)
4.66% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,942 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.66% | | Illinois average: | 5.66% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,806 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.00% | | Illinois average: | 5.99% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Pontiac:
- WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
- WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WVIV (1200 AM; 20 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLXX-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WILL (580 AM; 5 kW; URBANA, IL; Owner: UNIV. OF ILLINOIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES)
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- WAUR (930 AM; 4 kW; SANDWICH, IL; Owner: CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LTD.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pontiac:
- WPJC (88.3 FM; PONTIAC, IL; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- WYST (107.7 FM; FAIRBURY, IL; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING LLC)
- WJEZ (98.9 FM; DWIGHT, IL; Owner: LIVINGSTON COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WTRX-FM (93.7 FM; PONTIAC, IL; Owner: LIVINGSTON COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WWGN (88.9 FM; OTTAWA, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION, INC.)
- WDQZ (99.5 FM; LEXINGTON, IL; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING, LLC)
- WJDK-FM (95.7 FM; SENECA, IL; Owner: GRUNDY COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC)
- WSTQ (97.7 FM; STREATOR, IL; Owner: MENDOTA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W208AW (89.5 FM; PONTIAC, IL; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Pontiac:
- WWTO-TV (Channel 35; LASALLE, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WCIA (Channel 3; CHAMPAIGN, IL; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF CHAMPAIGN, L.L.C.)
- W34CD (Channel 34; QUINCY, IL; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WYZZ-TV (Channel 43; BLOOMINGTON, IL; Owner: WYZZ LICENSEE, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Pontiac fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 17
Total length: 93 meters (305ft)
Total costs: $942,000
Total average daily traffic: 109,050
Total average daily truck traffic: 13,012
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1920-1929: 2
- 1930-1939: 0
- 1940-1949: 2
- 1950-1959: 1
- 1960-1969: 0
- 1970-1979: 5
- 1980-1989: 0
- 1990-1999: 3
- 2000-2010: 4
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Pontiac, IL
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Pontiac, IL
| Most common first names in Pontiac, IL among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 158 | 76.4 years |
| Mary | 145 | 77.2 years |
| William | 121 | 76.8 years |
| Robert | 96 | 68.9 years |
| James | 73 | 76.1 years |
| Helen | 72 | 80.9 years |
| Charles | 71 | 77.6 years |
| Dorothy | 64 | 80.4 years |
| Margaret | 61 | 84.6 years |
| George | 61 | 76.7 years |
| Most common last names in Pontiac, IL among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Johnson | 64 | 79.6 years |
| Smith | 42 | 79.9 years |
| Brown | 38 | 80.6 years |
| Jones | 30 | 72.2 years |
| Miller | 29 | 74.2 years |
| Thompson | 28 | 80.2 years |
| Davis | 25 | 78.2 years |
| Wilson | 25 | 76.9 years |
| Durham | 24 | 78.5 years |
| Weber | 24 | 73.4 years |
| Businesses in Pontiac, IL |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AT&T | 1 | | Maurices | 1 |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| Arby's | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | | Subway | 2 |
| Curves | 1 | | Super 8 | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | T-Mobile | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | U.S. Cellular | 1 |
| Kmart | 1 | | UPS | 1 |
| La-Z-Boy | 1 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
| Long John Silver's | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
| MasterBrand Cabinets | 2 | | | |
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Communications equipment operators (population 5,000+)"
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Printing and related support activities (population 5,000+)"
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Printing and related support activities (population 5,000+)"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Communications equipment operators (population 5,000+)"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Furniture and related products (population 5,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Machinery (population 5,000+)"
- #45 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in homes for the mentally retarded (population 5,000+)"
- #74 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in state prisons"
- #93 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of workers with very short commute times (9 minutes or less) (population 5,000+)"
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