The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Petersburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Petersburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Petersburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Petersburg is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.22% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Petersburg in 2022 was $30,907, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,628 for a family of four. However, Petersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Petersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Petersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Petersburg include English, German, Irish, French, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Petersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
