Bush vs Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bush and Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Bush and Pittsburg are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pittsburg has the higher population (515 vs 347 in Bush). Bush has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $54,063 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $80,700 in Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Bush	Pittsburg
Population	347	515
Median age	45.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$54,063
Median home value	$80,700	$101,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,007
Housing units	137	266
Homeownership rate	89.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bush	Pittsburg
Population	208 → 347 (+66.8%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

Pittsburg

Population

552515

Median household income

$40,568$54,063

Median home value

$77,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bush	Pittsburg
Under 5	1.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	16.9%
75 and over	9.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bush	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bush	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	22.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bush	Pittsburg
Drove alone	82.3%	92.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bush	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	74.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Bush	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	5.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1972	1966