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Pittsburg, KS

20,606 Population
13.1 square miles 1,569.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 33.8 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,545 ±$1,777 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $29,188 ±$1,342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$40,220 ±$3,591 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $50,311 ±$2,799
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

29.4% ±3.3% (5,607  ±633) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.8% † 7,727 (±2.2% / ±813)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.7 minutes ±1.5 (139,870  ±16,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 16.5 300,930 (±1 / ±20,282)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

8,368 ±338 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,897 ±296
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (19,100  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.3 37,208 (±0 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.8% ±2.4% (320  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 6.4% † 595 (±1.6% / ±153)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

9,459 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,088 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$110,800 ±$17,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $122,400 ±$8,796
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

29.1% ±3.9% (5,911  ±793.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.1% † 7,760 (±2.3% / ±879.2)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.3% ±5.5% (9,871  ±687.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 94.2% 22,069 (±3.8% / ±910)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
33.9% ±3.7% (3,590  ±410) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 32% 7,489 (±2.1% / ±502.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.4% ±1.1% (1,310  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 3.5% 1,351
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

4% ±1.1% (630  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 5% † 1,510 (±0.8% / ±233)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
630 Total veterans ±169 551 Male ±153 79 Female ±61

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