About Pittsboro

Pittsboro is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,764 people and just one neighborhood, Pittsboro is the 132nd largest community in Indiana.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pittsboro is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pittsboro is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pittsboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.20%), sales jobs (12.08%), and management occupations (8.79%).

Also of interest is that Pittsboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Pittsboro is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pittsboro a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pittsboro has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pittsboro's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Pittsboro is a very car-oriented town. 97.98% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Pittsboro is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Pittsboro has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Pittsboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Pittsboro Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Pittsboro is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.78% of adults in Pittsboro have a college degree.

The per capita income in Pittsboro in 2000 was $22,453, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,812 for a family of four.

The people who call Pittsboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pittsboro is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pittsboro include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Pittsboro is English.