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.
One of the benefits of Pittsburg is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.33 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Pittsburg is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Pittsburg is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.58% of adults in Pittsburg have a college 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.
