Housing density: 1,639 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $278,973.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,918 (lower quartile is $1,548, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,844
Median gross rent in Pittsburg, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Pittsburg with a mortgage: 12,067 (766 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 535 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 114
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $126,186
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $85,722
Size of family households: 5,884 2-persons, 3,764 3-persons, 3,911 4-persons, 1,683 5-persons, 1,392 6-persons, 2,160 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,871 1-person, 766 2-persons, 49 3-persons.
9,510 married couples with children.
3,721 single-parent households (1,039 men, 2,682 women).
49.1% of residents of Pittsburg speak English at home.
32.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
11.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 22,611 (29.1%)
(58.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 70.5% Number of people working at home: 3,024 (8.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 305
5 to 9 minutes: 1,741
10 to 14 minutes: 3,811
15 to 19 minutes: 2,820
20 to 24 minutes: 4,241
25 to 29 minutes: 1,444
30 to 34 minutes: 4,211
35 to 39 minutes: 916
40 to 44 minutes: 2,550
45 to 59 minutes: 4,610
60 to 89 minutes: 5,176
90 or more minutes: 1,915
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 10,229 (61.1%)
Carpooled: 2,121 (12.7%)
Bus: 193 (1.2%)
Subway or elevated rail: 21 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 7 (0.0%)
Taxi: 418 (2.5%)
Bicycle: 17 (0.1%)
Walked: 580 (3.5%)
Worked at home: 3,024 (18.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
17.9%Males
14.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
11.2%Males
13.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
14.0%Males
6.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
4.6%Males
5.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
3.9%Males
3.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.4%Males
5.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.9%Males
5.7%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Pittsburg, California
4,4282010 or later
7,5582000 to 2009
6,2631990 to 1999
5,0011980 to 1989
2,3961970 to 1979
1,615Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 1,391 (3.0%)
English: 864 (1.8%)
American: 552 (1.2%)
Irish: 536 (1.1%)
African: 519 (1.1%)
European: 495 (1.1%)
German: 482 (1.0%)
Nigerian: 385 (0.8%)
Kenyan: 375 (0.8%)
Scottish: 309 (0.7%)
Turkish: 165 (0.4%)
Egyptian: 142 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 122 (0.3%)
Polish: 121 (0.3%)
Afghan: 119 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 114 (0.2%)
Liberian: 100 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 80 (0.2%)
Greek: 79 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 75 (0.2%)
British: 71 (0.2%)
Arab: 54 (0.1%)
Belizean: 42 (0.09%)
Dutch: 34 (0.07%)
Swedish: 33 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.07%)
Jordanian: 27 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.05%)
Scandinavian: 22 (0.05%)
Latvian: 22 (0.05%)
Jamaican: 22 (0.05%)
Guyanese: 21 (0.04%)
Sudanese: 20 (0.04%)
West Indian: 20 (0.04%)
Swiss: 17 (0.04%)
Slovene: 15 (0.03%)
Palestinian: 15 (0.03%)
Croatian: 15 (0.03%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.03%)
Russian: 11 (0.02%)
French: 10 (0.02%)
Australian: 6 (0.01%)
Iranian: 5 (0.01%)
Bulgarian: 5 (0.01%)
Brazilian: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Pittsburg:
39.0% (9,539)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Pittsburg:
20.8% (5,092)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
El Salvador
Pittsburg:
4.3% (1,060)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
India
Pittsburg:
4.3% (1,042)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Peru
Pittsburg:
2.8% (685)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Pittsburg:
2.7% (665)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Nigeria
Pittsburg:
2.4% (588)
California:
0.3% (35,557)
Vietnam
Pittsburg:
2.4% (579)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Fiji
Pittsburg:
2.1% (516)
California:
0.3% (33,937)
Nicaragua
Pittsburg:
1.8% (437)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Afghanistan
Pittsburg:
1.7% (425)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
Egypt
Pittsburg:
1.7% (410)
California:
0.4% (42,718)
Guatemala
Pittsburg:
1.6% (398)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 44,708
Other state: 8,707
Northeast: 1,529
Midwest: 3,663
South: 2,144
West: 1,371
89.2% of Pittsburg residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 41.4% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 85.7% lived in California.
Pittsburg:
89.2%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,087
Nursery to 4th grade: 59
5th and 6th grade: 567
7th and 8th grade: 59
9th grade: 300
10th grade: 469
11th grade: 504
12th grade, no diploma: 1,776
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,388
Less than 1 year of college: 2,098
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,071
Associate degree: 2,539
Bachelor's degree: 3,038
Master's degree: 486
Professional school degree: 453
Doctorate degree: 287
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,206
Nursery to 4th grade: 381
5th and 6th grade: 581
7th and 8th grade: 184
9th grade: 204
10th grade: 249
11th grade: 581
12th grade, no diploma: 618
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,129
Less than 1 year of college: 1,694
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,737
Associate degree: 3,301
Bachelor's degree: 4,779
Master's degree: 1,677
Professional school degree: 359
Doctorate degree: 296
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 17,475
One, attached: 1,956
Two: 341
3 or 4: 988
5 to 9: 583
10 to 19: 409
20 to 49: 447
50 or more: 2,776
Mobile homes: 595
Median worth of mobile homes: $97,700
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.1%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago