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Pittsburg, KS

20,637 Population
13.1 square miles 1,572 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.8
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,856 ±$2,097 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $30,263 ±$1,319
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$43,419 ±$3,038 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $52,844 ±$2,608
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

29.6% ±3.6% (5,680  ±700) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.6% † 7,695 (±2.1% / ±768)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

15.8 minutes ±1.1 (150,800  ±13,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 17.8 319,965 (±0.8 / ±17,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

8,287 ±307 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,838 ±311
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.1 (19,224  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.4 37,366 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

5.9% ±2.6% (333  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 7% † 656 (±1.9% / ±180)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

9,456 ±232 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,126 ±45
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$123,200 ±$20,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $132,600 ±$12,050
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

31.2% ±3.7% (6,383  ±761.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.9% † 8,095 (±2.2% / ±856.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

90.1% ±4.9% (9,501  ±604.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 92.3% 21,577 (±3.6% / ±859.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
33.2% ±3.3% (3,501  ±371.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 32.2% 7,519 (±2.2% / ±508.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

6.6% ±1.3% (1,352  ±277) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 3.8% 1,468
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

3.9% ±0.9% (619  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,487 (±0.7% / ±224)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
619 Total veterans ±144 543 Male ±142 76 Female ±63

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