Pittsburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 75,803 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Pittsburg is the 118th largest community in California. Housing costs in Pittsburg are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Pittsburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pittsburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pittsburg who work in office and administrative support (10.39%), sales jobs (9.19%), and management occupations (8.73%). Also of interest is that Pittsburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.91% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Pittsburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.12 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. For the size of the city, public transportation in Pittsburg is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Pittsburg, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The education level of Pittsburg citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.51% of adults in Pittsburg have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pittsburg in 2022 was $39,067, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,268 for a family of four. However, Pittsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pittsburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pittsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Pittsburg, accounting for 43.95% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pittsburg residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pittsburg include German, Italian, English, Irish, and European. In addition, Pittsburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.06%). The most common language spoken in Pittsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
