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Pontiac, MI vs Vallejo, CA

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Highlights
- Vallejo is 0% more densely populated than Pontiac.
- People are 69.4% more likely to be married in Vallejo.
- The Median Age is 6.6 years older in Vallejo.
 Pontiac, MIVallejo, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock125,350329,725,481
 Female Population51.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock39.838.4
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 Population - 201059,688  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock116,760285,036,114
 Population - 199071,166  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock3.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-17.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock4,084.193.4
 Land Area19.9  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock18.9264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Pontiac, MIVallejo, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 48.6%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 145.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.5%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.7%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.9%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Pontiac, MIVallejo, CAUnited States
 White23.5%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock17.5%12.2%
 Asian3.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races4.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock28.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Pontiac, MIVallejo, CAUnited States
 Married Population27.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock44.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock53.3%50.2%
 Never Married51.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock11.2%10.8%
 Widowed6.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.822.60
 Households24,548  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock29,56180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children19.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock38.5%42.9%
 Non Family Households11,930  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock20.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children20.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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