Because there are quite a few people attending college in Pittsburg, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Pittsburg provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pittsburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.33 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Pittsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pittsburg citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.58% of adults in Pittsburg have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pittsburg in 2022 was $24,987, which is low income relative to Kansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,948 for a family of four. However, Pittsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pittsburg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pittsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pittsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pittsburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pittsburg include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Pittsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
