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Polk, PA

615 Population
2 square miles 303.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 47.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,491 ±$3,060 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $32,994 ±$805
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,786 ±$33,818 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $61,522 ±$2,262
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.5% ±9.2% (218  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 13.2% † 6,418 (±1.3% / ±653)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±10.5 (4,050  ±1,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 23.1 447,400 (±0.7 / ±18,938)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

220 ±69 Number of households
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 21,397 ±317
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.9 (446  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 2.3 48,713 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

258 ±69 Number of housing units
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 26,244 ±179
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$101,400 ±$30,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $119,800 ±$3,729
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.1% ±3% (7  ±18.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,679 (±1.2% / ±593.6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.3% ±15.5% (380  ±108.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 91.5% 33,923 (±2% / ±753.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±15.6% (70  ±76.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 19.1% 7,074 (±1% / ±382.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 0.8% 419
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±6.2% (49  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 9% 3,647 (±0.6% / ±254)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±35 41 Male ±31 8 Female ±9

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