Piqua is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 20,747 people and five associated neighborhoods, Piqua is the 85th largest community in Ohio. Piqua has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Piqua is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.10% of the Piqua workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Piqua is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Piqua who work in office and administrative support (11.40%), sales jobs (8.63%), and management occupations (7.05%). Piqua is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Piqua are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.94% of adults in Piqua have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Piqua in 2022 was $30,457, which is middle income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,828 for a family of four. However, Piqua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Piqua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piqua residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piqua include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Piqua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
