Arma vs Pittsburg

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (20,606 vs 1,131 in Arma). Arma has the higher median household income ($43,073 vs $40,220 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $83,100 in Arma).

Population, income & housing

	Arma	Pittsburg
Population	1,131	20,606
Median age	55.6 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,073	$40,220
Median home value	$83,100	$110,800
Median gross rent	$753	$840
Housing units	639	9,459
Homeownership rate	67.1%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arma	Pittsburg
Population	1,385 → 1,131 (-18.3%)	20,171 → 20,606 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $43,073 (+22.3%)	$34,956 → $40,220 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $83,100 (+7.1%)	$88,500 → $110,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $753 (+32.6%)	$712 → $840 (+18.0%)

Arma

Population

1,3851,131

Median household income

$35,208$43,073

Median home value

$77,600$83,100

Median gross rent

$568$753

Pittsburg

Population

20,17120,606

Median household income

$34,956$40,220

Median home value

$88,500$110,800

Median gross rent

$712$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arma	Pittsburg
Under 5	1.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	26.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	6.9%
75 and over	14.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arma	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arma	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arma	Pittsburg
Drove alone	83.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arma	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	84.7%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Arma	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	11.4%	29.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1964	1968