Energy vs Pittsburg

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

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

Energy has the higher population (1,171 vs 515 in Pittsburg). Energy has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $54,063 in Pittsburg). Energy has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $101,900 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Energy	Pittsburg
Population	1,171	515
Median age	50.4 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$54,063
Median home value	$138,500	$101,900
Median gross rent	$835	$1,007
Housing units	564	266
Homeownership rate	81.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Energy	Pittsburg
Population	1,016 → 1,171 (+15.3%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$50,031 → $70,417 (+40.7%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $138,500 (+19.7%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Energy

Population

1,0161,171

Median household income

$50,031$70,417

Median home value

$115,700$138,500

Median gross rent

$669$835

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)

	Energy	Pittsburg
Under 5	5.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	16.9%
75 and over	13.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Energy	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Energy	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Energy	Pittsburg
Drove alone	86.0%	92.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Energy	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	81.4%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Energy	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	7.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1977	1966