• Total Population: 66,337
• Median Age: 30
• Under 18: 30.6%
• 65 and over: 8.5%
• Average Income: $31,207
• Percentage at or below Poverty Level: 22.1%

• Pontiac is located in Oakland County at the north end of Woodward Avenue, a popular hot-rod cruising spot in the 1950s and ’60s
• Located a short distance from Detroit and Flint
• The city is sometimes referred to as “the Yak” shortened from PontIAC
• The hub of Southeast Michigan’s Automation Alley
• Home of the Chrysler World Headquarters
• The General Motors Technology Center is nearby
• Lakes and waterways include the Clinton River, Sylvan Lake, Crystal Lake, and Galloway Lake

• First settled in 1818
• Named after Ottawa Chief Pontiac
• Incorporated in 1861
• Location of choice for woolen and grist mills, which used the Clinton River for power
• Site of several thriving carriage manufacturing companies by the turn of the 20th century
• Became a capital of the new automotive industry when the first self-propelled vehicles were introduced
• The birthplace of General Motors Truck & Bus and Pontiac Motor Divisions

• General Motors
• St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
• County of Oakland
• Pontiac School District
• Electronic Data Systems
• North Oakland Medical Center
• POH Medical Center
• City of Pontiac
• State of Michigan