Hastings Adobe · Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Pittsburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Jobs and income earn Pittsburg B; getting around on foot earns it A. 13,531 jobs are based in Pittsburg, and 29,747 of its residents work somewhere. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in San Francisco.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pittsburg stands out on work
What’s behind Pittsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pittsburg is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #456 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Pittsburg’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pittsburg could be anywhere from B− to B.
The daily trip from Pittsburg: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsburg workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32,506 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Pittsburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 27,117 residents head out to work, 2,630 work right here, and 10,901 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61,000 people are in Pittsburg on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Concord
Where Pittsburg clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Pittsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsburg, 2013 → 2023: 12,434 → 13,531. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pittsburg’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Pittsburg is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsburg is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #256 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Pittsburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 35,881 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 26% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Pittsburg households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Pittsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pittsburg is 367th of 580 U.S. towns of 54,000 to 105,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 22 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
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| 27 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 365 | Grand Forks ND | 60,365 | $64K | 15.5% | 2.4% | 70% | B |
| 366 | Santa Barbara CA | 86,422 | $106K | 14.0% | 5.8% | 43% | B |
| 367 | Pittsburg CA | 77,542 | $100K | 11.2% | 7.6% | 9% | B |
| 368 | Miami Beach FL | 81,594 | $73K | 14.4% | 4.6% | 24% | B |
| 369 | Champaign IL | 91,195 | $56K | 25.9% | 4.8% | 45% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 580 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pittsburg, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns around Pittsburg
The biggest share goes to Antioch (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Pittsburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pittsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsburg?
$99,861 (±$5,565) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsburg?
11.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsburg?
38 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsburg work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (9%, 6 mi), San Francisco (8%, 33 mi), Walnut Creek (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pittsburg walkable?
Pittsburg is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsburg without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.