Indianola vs Pittsburg

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (158 vs 126 in Pittsburg). Indianola has the higher median household income ($38,333 vs $31,875 in Pittsburg). Indianola has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $70,000 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Pittsburg
Population	158	126
Median age	29.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$31,875
Median home value	$80,000	$70,000
Median gross rent	—	$542
Housing units	65	80
Homeownership rate	90.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Pittsburg
Population	144 → 158 (+9.7%)	215 → 126 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $38,333 (-7.1%)	$44,000 → $31,875 (-27.6%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $80,000 (+19.9%)	$57,800 → $70,000 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $792 (+9.2%)	$663 → $542 (-18.3%)

Indianola

Population

144158

Median household income

$41,250$38,333

Median home value

$66,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$725$792

Pittsburg

Population

215126

Median household income

$44,000$31,875

Median home value

$57,800$70,000

Median gross rent

$663$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indianola	Pittsburg
Under 5	12.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	4.4%	19.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	16.7%
75 and over	5.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	63.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.2%	27.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	20.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Pittsburg
Drove alone	88.9%	97.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	92.3%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	26.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	1976