City in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA
City and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Population
- 307,668 (2024)
- Density
- 5,556 / sq mi
- Land area
- 55.4 sq mi
- Water area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,224 ft
- Founded
- 1758
- Coordinates
- 40.4399, -79.9757
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Trends
$958 / mo$1,221 / mo
$48,711$64,137
$125,000$193,200
20.5%19.5%
5.6%5.9%
5452
104
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Pittsburgh ranks
- #3 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 87.1
- #4 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 96.8
- #10 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 78.6
- #17 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 65.8
- #18 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 70.4
- #48 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 52.9
- #57 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 42.6
- #69 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 32.1
Local facts
- Median household income
- $64,137
- Median rent
- $1,221 / mo
- Median home value
- $193,200
- Median age
- 33.5
- Unemployment
- 5.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 47.8%
- Poverty rate
- 19.5%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 52.8%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 145
- Students enrolled
- 69,157
- Students per teacher
- 12.8 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 57.9%
- Charter schools
- 13.1%
- School districts serving the city
- 38
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Districts: Pittsburgh Sd, Mt Lebanon Sd, Fox Chapel Area Sd, North Hills Sd, Upper St. Clair Sd
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 38.4%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 93.4%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 13.6%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 15.1
- Median air quality index (county)
- 52
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 4
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 89.4%
- Households with no internet
- 8.4%
- Average commute
- 23.1 min
- Work from home
- 20.4%
- Commute by transit
- 12.4%
- Commute on foot
- 9.8%
- Commute by bike
- 1.2%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Allegheny County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 2 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Riverine flooding: very high
- Cold wave: very high
- Strong wind: relatively high
- Ice storm: very high
Data: Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
ZIP codes
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