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    <periodOfReport>2003-11-06</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001037249</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PEOPLES COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PPLM.OB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001238927</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COVINGTON JEAN H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P O BOX 313</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AIKEN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29802</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock ($0.01 par value per share)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-11-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2003-11-06</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1435</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>8.64</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1550</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>

    </nonDerivativeTable>

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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>8.64</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-11-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2003-11-06</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1435</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2008-05-16</value>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>4352</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares are jointly owned with spouse.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The original exercise price was $10.00 and has been adjusted for the effects of three 5% stock dividends paid since the date of grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The options vested in five equal annual installments beginning 1/1/99.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This transaction is the exercise of a derivative security.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The original option was for 5,000 shares and has been adjusted for the effects of three 5% stock dividends paid since the date of the grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jean H. Covington</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-11-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

