Frontenac vs Pittsburg

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

Frontenac 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 3,381 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($56,867 vs $40,220 in Pittsburg). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $110,800 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
Population	3,381	20,606
Median age	40.0 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,867	$40,220
Median home value	$165,400	$110,800
Median gross rent	$847	$840
Housing units	1,498	9,459
Homeownership rate	69.0%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
Population	3,400 → 3,381 (-0.6%)	20,171 → 20,606 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$56,467 → $56,867 (+0.7%)	$34,956 → $40,220 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $165,400 (+25.9%)	$88,500 → $110,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $847 (+5.3%)	$712 → $840 (+18.0%)

Frontenac

Population

3,4003,381

Median household income

$56,467$56,867

Median home value

$131,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$804$847

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)

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
Under 5	6.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	26.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.9%
75 and over	8.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	77.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.3%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
Drove alone	90.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	82.0%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	9.1%	29.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1980	1968