Hurst vs Pittsburg

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

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

Hurst has the higher population (685 vs 515 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Hurst	Pittsburg
Population	685	515
Median age	54.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,113	$54,063
Median home value	$73,000	$101,900
Median gross rent	$376	$1,007
Housing units	393	266
Homeownership rate	52.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurst	Pittsburg
Population	744 → 685 (-7.9%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

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)

	Hurst	Pittsburg
Under 5	2.3%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	3.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	20.0%	16.9%
75 and over	15.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurst	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurst	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	16.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurst	Pittsburg
Drove alone	75.9%	92.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurst	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	66.4%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Hurst	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	24.4%	17.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1968	1966