Girard vs Pittsburg

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

Girard 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 2,706 in Girard). Girard has the higher median household income ($41,629 vs $40,220 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $84,500 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Pittsburg
Population	2,706	20,606
Median age	38.7 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,629	$40,220
Median home value	$84,500	$110,800
Median gross rent	$795	$840
Housing units	1,270	9,459
Homeownership rate	58.7%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Pittsburg
Population	2,707 → 2,706 (-0.0%)	20,171 → 20,606 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$38,929 → $41,629 (+6.9%)	$34,956 → $40,220 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $84,500 (+8.3%)	$88,500 → $110,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $795 (+0.9%)	$712 → $840 (+18.0%)

Girard

Population

2,7072,706

Median household income

$38,929$41,629

Median home value

$78,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$788$795

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)

	Girard	Pittsburg
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	26.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	6.9%
75 and over	6.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	5.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Pittsburg
Drove alone	75.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	92.1%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	16.4%	29.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1962	1968