By:Dominique Carino

MARKET PROFILE:PITTSBURGH VS.

NEW YORK CITY

POPULATION (AS OF 2013)

Pittsburgh New York0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

305,841

8,405,837

Pittsburgh New York0.00%

2.00%

4.00%

6.00%

8.00%

10.00%

12.00%

14.00%

16.00%

18.00%17.30%

9.90%

PERCENTAGE OF TRADITIONAL COLLEGE AGED STUDENTS (AGED

18-24)

RACE DISTRIBUTION (PERCENTAGE OF EACH RACE AS OF 2010)

Pittsburgh New York0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0% 66.0%

44.0%

26.1% 25.5%

0.2% 0.7%4.4%

12.7%

0.0% 0.1%

2.5% 4.0%2.3%

28.6%

White

Black/African Amer-ican

American Indian/Alaska NativeAsian

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

2 or More Races

Hispanic/Latino

Pittsburgh New York$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

$19,860

$36,132 $50,582

$62,169

$50,752 $56,796

$30,533 $31,059 Ages 15-24Ages 25-44Ages 45-64Ages 65+

MEDIAN INCOME RANGES

8.6%

36.4%

33.0%

22.1%

Pittsburgh

2.7%

37.8%

38.4%

21.1%

New York

Aged 15-24Aged 25-44Aged 45-64Aged 65+

MEDIAN INCOME PERCENTAGES

Pittsburgh New York0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

4.9%

16.0%17.7%

23.9%

56.0%

43.3%

21.3%16.7%

Less Than High School GraduateHigh School GraduateSome College/As-sociate's DegreeBachelor's Degree or Higher

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (AGED 18-24)

Pittsburgh New York0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

2.2%

10.3%6.0%

9.3%

28.1%

24.3%

15.5%14.0%

8.5%6.4%

20.2% 21.1%

19.5%

14.6%

Less Than 9th Grade

9th to 12th Grade, No Diploma

High School Grad-uate

Some College, No Degree

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate or Pro-fessional Degree

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (AGED 25+)

Pittsburgh New York0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

30.7%

39.5%

7.4%

19.3%

7.6% 8.6%6.1%

8.3%

5.7%7.2%

3.0%7.0%

3.4% 6.6%

Aged 16-19Aged 20-24Aged 25-44Aged 45-54Aged 55-64Aged 65-74Aged 75+

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Excluding unemployment rate statistics, it appears that New York will have more opportunities for recent college graduates. New York has a larger population than Pittsburgh, but of this population, only 16.7% of people aged 18-24 have a bachelor’s degree or higher. A recent college graduate (aged 21-24) would have an advantage in the job market over similarly-aged people without a bachelor’s degree. New York also has a higher median income (for all age groups) than Pittsburgh.

I was surprised by the diff erence in population between Pittsburgh and New York. I knew New York was more populated than Pittsburgh, but I had no idea how great the gap was.

I was also surprised by Pittsburgh’s lack of diversity. While at least 0.1% (about 8,700) of New Yorkers are of Native Hawaiian or other Pacifi c Islander descent, Pittsburgh’s population contains zero Native Hawaiians or other Pacifi c Islanders.

ANALYSIS