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Oil City, PA

9,517 Population
4.5 square miles 2,118.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 47.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,848 ±$4,271 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $33,044 ±$1,212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$52,688 ±$7,311 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $61,626 ±$2,362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

18% ±3.4% (1,645  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 12.8% † 6,290 (±1.3% / ±631)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.8 minutes ±2.2 (77,205  ±10,511) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 24.2 467,635 (±0.6 / ±18,883)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,989 ±214 Number of households
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 21,342 ±354
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (9,218  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 2.3 48,968 (±0 / ±42)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5% ±3.2% (101  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 5.4% † 514 (±1.1% / ±108)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,661 ±230 Number of housing units
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 26,203 ±50
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$66,600 ±$6,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $114,500 ±$3,797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

15.4% ±5.1% (1,453  ±483.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,727 (±1.3% / ±654.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.7% ±6.3% (5,902  ±462.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 91.5% 34,056 (±2.4% / ±890.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.7% ±3% (1,179  ±203) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 19.7% 7,312 (±1.2% / ±453.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.7% (86  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 0.8% 416
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.8% ±2.2% (733  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 9.7% 3,924 (±0.8% / ±313)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
733 Total veterans ±163 699 Male ±153 34 Female ±43

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