Best PlacesPittsburg, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pittsburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pittsburg ranks 17,533rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pittsburg
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pittsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pittsburg ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Pittsburg ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pittsburg
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pittsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,571, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pittsburg's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pittsburg
Pittsburg's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pittsburg.
Who works in Pittsburg, and how
Work in Pittsburg centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pittsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pittsburg.
What the weather is like in Pittsburg, month by month
Pittsburg sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 19° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pittsburg
Indianapolis International sits about 65 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pittsburg
Schools across Pittsburg average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delphi Community Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delphi Community Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Delphi Community High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pittsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pittsburg measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pittsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pittsburg
Is Pittsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pittsburg ranks 17,533rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, big-city access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pittsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,968. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $79,571 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Pittsburg safe?
Yes, Pittsburg is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Pittsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pittsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pittsburg represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pittsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pittsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pittsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pittsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pittsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pittsburg detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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