Pittsburgh vs Plum

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsburgh and Plum: population, income, housing, and more.

Pittsburgh and Plum are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pittsburgh has the higher population (303,620 vs 26,873 in Plum). Plum has the higher median household income ($98,475 vs $64,137 in Pittsburgh). Plum has the higher median home value ($218,600 vs $193,200 in Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburgh	Plum
Population	303,620	26,873
Median age	33.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,137	$98,475
Median home value	$193,200	$218,600
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,156
Housing units	159,667	11,476
Homeownership rate	47.2%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburgh	Plum
Population	302,205 → 303,620 (+0.5%)	27,195 → 26,873 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,711 → $64,137 (+31.7%)	$78,709 → $98,475 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $193,200 (+54.6%)	$153,700 → $218,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,221 (+27.5%)	$948 → $1,156 (+21.9%)

Pittsburgh

Population

302,205303,620

Median household income

$48,711$64,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,221

Plum

Population

27,19526,873

Median household income

$78,709$98,475

Median home value

$153,700$218,600

Median gross rent

$948$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburgh	Plum
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	17.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.6%
75 and over	6.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburgh	Plum
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	92.1%
Black or African American	22.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburgh	Plum
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburgh	Plum
Drove alone	48.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.5%
Public transit	12.4%	1.9%
Walked	9.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	21.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburgh	Plum
1-unit, detached	43.7%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	16.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburgh	Plum
Poverty rate	19.5%	3.1%
Average household size	2.03	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1942	1971