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Pittsburgh Apartments for Rent

Total population: 310,037 (All urban)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 163,366 (143,739 occupied: 74,930 owner occupied, 68,809 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  48%
State:  29%

Housing density: 2939 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $103,154.


Median contract rent in 2007: $529 (lower quartile is $381, upper quartile is $706)


Housing units in Pittsburgh with a mortgage: 38,578 (4,259 second mortgage, 5,381 home equity loan, 250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27,990





Pittsburgh,PA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $84,500 (it was $60,700 in 2000)
Pittsburgh:  $84,500
Pennsylvania:  $155,000
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $55,900 - $140,200

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $125,615
Here:  $125,615
State:  $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $120,721
Here:  $120,721
State:  $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $126,320
Here:  $126,320
State:  $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $145,161
Here:  $145,161
State:  $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $173,169
Here:  $173,169
State:  $211,072

Mobile homes: $30,946
Here:  $30,946
State:  $35,442

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1947

Household type by relationship

Households: 311,730
  • In family households: 225,971 (45,062 male householders, 29,646 female householders)
    46,186 spouses, 81,985 children (77,395 natural, 1,902 adopted, 2,688 stepchildren), 7,152 grandchildren, 3,610 brothers or sisters, 2,531 parents, 3,880 other relatives, 5,919 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 85,759 (30,417 male householders (23,559 living alone)), 38,627 female householders (32,976 living alone)), 16,715 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 22,833 (8,221 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 33,955 2-persons, 18,647 3-persons, 12,835 4-persons, 5,990 5-persons, 2,289 6-persons, 992 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 56,535 1-person, 9,765 2-persons, 1,768 3-persons, 714 4-persons, 179 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons.

30,316 married couples with children.
27,425 single-parent households (3,400 men, 24,025 women).

90.8% of residents of Pittsburgh speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 18,874 (5.6%)
(39.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.1
State:  6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.9
State:  4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 112
  • 2 rooms: 370
  • 3 rooms: 1,521
  • 4 rooms: 5,767
  • 5 rooms: 14,800
  • 6 rooms: 23,743
  • 7 rooms: 11,574
  • 8 rooms: 8,341
  • 9 or more rooms: 8,702



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
  • 1 room: 3,471
  • 2 rooms: 6,684
  • 3 rooms: 17,482
  • 4 rooms: 16,184
  • 5 rooms: 12,098
  • 6 rooms: 7,330
  • 7 rooms: 2,967
  • 8 rooms: 1,624
  • 9 or more rooms: 969



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 700
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,576
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,558
  • 1980 to 1989: 5,925
  • 1970 to 1979: 10,275
  • 1960 to 1969: 15,513
  • 1950 to 1959: 22,896
  • 1940 to 1949: 22,152
  • 1939 or earlier: 82,771


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pittsburgh:
  • no bedroom: 193
  • 1 bedroom: 2,736
  • 2 bedrooms: 21,107
  • 3 bedrooms: 35,132
  • 4 bedrooms: 10,230
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 5,532



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pittsburgh:
  • no bedroom: 4,304
  • 1 bedroom: 26,842
  • 2 bedrooms: 23,454
  • 3 bedrooms: 10,956
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,325
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 928



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Pittsburgh in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 12,116
  • 1 vehicle: 32,667
  • 2 vehicles: 24,201
  • 3 vehicles: 4,677
  • 4 vehicles: 979
  • 5 or more vehicles: 290



Cars and other vehicles available in Pittsburgh in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 30,209
  • 1 vehicle: 28,673
  • 2 vehicles: 7,967
  • 3 vehicles: 1,281
  • 4 vehicles: 291
  • 5 or more vehicles: 388


Pittsburgh, PA house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA:

  • Less than $10,000: 680
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 444
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 822
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 1271
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1490
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1669
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2072
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 5427
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 6409
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 6140
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 6024
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 5762
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 5395
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 10398
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 4514
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 2713
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 1728
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 2132
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 1256
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 1452
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 789
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 981
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 355
  • $1,000,000 or more: 337
 


Pittsburgh rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Pittsburgh:

  • Less than $100: 2,018 people
  • $100 to $149: 1,440
  • $150 to $199: 2,035
  • $200 to $249: 2,319
  • $250 to $299: 2,422
  • $300 to $349: 2,594
  • $350 to $399: 3,260
  • $400 to $449: 4,441
  • $450 to $499: 5,319
  • $500 to $549: 5,179
  • $550 to $599: 4,812
  • $600 to $649: 4,294
  • $650 to $699: 3,620
  • $700 to $749: 2,460
  • $750 to $799: 2,299
  • $800 to $899: 3,348
  • $900 to $999: 1,980
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 2,337
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 888
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 590
  • $2,000 or more: 200
  • No cash rent: 2,647
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 7,393
  • 1990 to 1994: 3,115
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,372
  • 1980 to 1984: 1,010
  • 1975 to 1979: 873
  • 1970 to 1974: 815
  • 1970 to 1974: 734
  • 1965 to 1969: 3,562

Pittsburgh, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.7%
Number of people working at home: 3,359 (2.4% of all workers)


Pittsburgh travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 3087
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 13265
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 21152
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 26612
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 24953
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 8626
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 20286
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 2970
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 3832
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 7016
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 4479
  • 90 or more minutes: 2207
 


Pittsburgh mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 77,787 (55%)
  • Carpooled: 16,131 (11%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 27,984 (20%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 611 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 260 (0%)
  • Railroad: 15 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 32 (0%)
  • Taxi: 160 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 126 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 627 (0%)
  • Walked: 13,870 (10%)
  • Other means: 882 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 3,359 (2%)
 


Pittsburgh, PA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 25927
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 13668
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 12657
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 11949
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 10074
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 9154
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 8065
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 7163
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 6213
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 9788
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 10694
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 8366
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 4084
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1759
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1797
  • $200,000 or more: 2394
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 87403
 German: 42311
 Italian: 33403
 Irish: 32296
 Polish: 19890
 English: 8335
 United States or American: 7398
 Russian: 4962
 Slovak: 4295
 Subsaharan African:: 4099
 African: 3578
 Scotch-Irish: 2981
 Scottish: 2626
 Hungarian: 2291
 Ukrainian: 2279
 French (except Basque): 2139
 Croatian: 2040
 Arab:: 1810
 European: 1726
 Lithuanian: 1537
 Greek: 1450
 Welsh: 1112
 Swedish: 1030
 Eastern European: 860
 Austrian: 817
 British: 761
 Lebanese: 750
 Serbian: 736
 Dutch: 666
 Czechoslovakian: 664
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 564
 Czech: 563
 Norwegian: 506
 Romanian: 487
 Slovene: 430
 French Canadian: 416
 Yugoslavian: 380
 Turkish: 320
 Syrian: 320
 Slavic: 315
 Egyptian: 271
 Canadian: 259
 Swiss: 252
 Arab/Arabic: 230
 Israeli: 225
 Jamaican: 175
 Iranian: 156
 Portuguese: 146
 Belgian: 145
 West Indian: 124
 Other Subsaharan African: 120
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 117
 Carpatho Rusyn: 116
 Other Arab: 113
 Nigerian: 113
 Northern European: 109
 Pennsylvania German: 105
 Haitian: 101
 Finnish: 83
 Brazilian: 72
 Macedonian: 71
 Latvian: 70
 Danish: 67
 Alsatian: 66
 Moroccan: 65
 Australian: 65
 Scandinavian: 62
 Celtic: 53
 Ethiopian: 52
 Senegalese: 51
 Kenyan: 51
 Palestinian: 49
 Guyanese: 49
 German Russian: 47
 Armenian: 43
 New Zealander: 43
 Liberian: 37
 South African: 35
 Bulgarian: 27
 Sudanese: 21
 Luxemburger: 21
 Dutch West Indian: 19
 Albanian: 17
 Cypriot: 16
 Icelander: 15
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 15
 Ghanian: 14
 Estonian: 13
 Bermudan: 13
 Cape Verdean: 13
 Iraqi: 12
 Afghan: 12
 Sierra Leonean: 9
 Acadian/Cajun: 8
 Maltese: 8
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6
 Ugandan: 5


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Italy (9%)
  • India (8%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • Korea (5%)
  • Russia (4%)
  • Japan (4%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 261318
  • Northeast: 13428
  • Midwest: 13593
  • South: 20546
  • West: 4682

58% of Pittsburgh residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 650
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 216
  • 5th and 6th grade: 605
  • 7th and 8th grade: 2,510
  • 9th grade: 2,420
  • 10th grade: 4,228
  • 11th grade: 3,741
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 4,110
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 31,862
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,795
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,704
  • Associate degree: 5,819
  • Bachelor's degree: 14,744
  • Master's degree: 6,837
  • Professional school degree: 3,839
  • Doctorate degree: 3,532


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 905
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 353
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,122
  • 7th and 8th grade: 3,685
  • 9th grade: 2,767
  • 10th grade: 4,675
  • 11th grade: 4,458
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 4,537
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 39,795
  • Less than 1 year of college: 7,225
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,773
  • Associate degree: 7,591
  • Bachelor's degree: 15,192
  • Master's degree: 9,121
  • Professional school degree: 2,534
  • Doctorate degree: 1,468


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.5%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 17.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.4%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 23.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 31.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 15.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 17.4%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 37.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 33.3%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 17.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 14.9%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 15.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.4%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $38,187
  • Black householders: $21,277
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $29,731
  • Asian householders: $30,181
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $22,751
  • Some other race householders: $61,476
  • Two or more races householders: $19,913
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,506

Pittsburgh household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Pittsburgh household income for Black householders

Pittsburgh household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Pittsburgh household income for Asian householders

Pittsburgh household income for Some other race householders

Pittsburgh household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Pittsburgh marital status for males

Pittsburgh marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $86,588
  • Black or African American householders: $64,871
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $80,323
  • Asian householders: $148,118
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $190,020
  • Some other race householders: $86,448
  • Two or more races householders: $83,525
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $112,481

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 71,570
  • One, attached: 24,277
  • Two: 15,894
  • 3 or 4: 12,749
  • 5 to 9: 10,818
  • 10 to 19: 7,794
  • 20 to 49: 5,499
  • 50 or more: 14,382
  • Mobile homes: 354
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29

Median worth of mobile homes: $7,000


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Pittsburgh:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (95%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (78%)
  • Electricity (17%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6,594
Here:  21.4%
Pennsylvania:  16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3,050
Here:  19.4%
Pennsylvania:  13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14,127
Here:  42.6%
Pennsylvania:  37.3%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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