Pittsburg vs Rocky Mound

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (4,401 vs 186 in Rocky Mound). Pittsburg has the higher median household income ($48,081 vs $43,750 in Rocky Mound). Since 2019, Rocky Mound's population has grown faster (+70.6% vs -5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
Population	4,401	186
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,081	$43,750
Median home value	$130,600	—
Median gross rent	$739	$900
Housing units	1,836	69
Homeownership rate	54.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
Population	4,640 → 4,401 (-5.2%)	109 → 186 (+70.6%)
Median household income	$46,450 → $48,081 (+3.5%)	$55,417 → $43,750 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $130,600 (+57.5%)	$39,500 → $54,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $739 (+2.2%)	$1,036 → $900 (-13.1%)

Pittsburg

Population

4,6404,401

Median household income

$46,450$48,081

Median home value

$82,900$130,600

Median gross rent

$723$739

Rocky Mound

Population

109186

Median household income

$55,417$43,750

Median home value

$39,500$54,400

Median gross rent

$1,036$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
Under 5	7.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	15.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	0.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	32.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	2.7%
75 and over	4.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	42.5%
Black or African American	19.9%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
No high school diploma	18.1%	19.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
Drove alone	87.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
1-unit, detached	64.2%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburg	Rocky Mound
Poverty rate	26.4%	24.7%
Average household size	2.79	3.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1975	1986