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16301

15,233 Population
94.7 square miles 160.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 47.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$29,709 ±$1,422 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $32,994 ±$805
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$57,596 ±$7,223 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $61,522 ±$2,262
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

15.8% ±3% (2,321  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 13.2% † 6,418 (±1.3% / ±653)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20.3 minutes ±1.8 (125,430  ±13,108) 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 three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

6,350 ±320 Number of households
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 21,397 ±317
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.1 (14,820  ±491) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 2.3 48,713 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

6.3% ±2.8% (181  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 5.4% † 509 (±1.2% / ±109)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

7,678 ±279 Number of housing units
  • the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 26,244 ±179
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$89,800 ±$7,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: $119,800 ±$3,729
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

12.2% ±3.3% (1,834  ±503.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 9.5% † 4,679 (±1.2% / ±593.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

89.7% ±3.5% (9,756  ±531.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 91.5% 33,923 (±2% / ±753.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
16.9% ±2% (1,838  ±224.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 19.1% 7,074 (±1% / ±382.5)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

1.2% ±0.6% (189  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Oil City, PA Micro Area: 0.8% 419
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

9.3% ±1.7% (1,104  ±201) 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)
1,104 Total veterans ±201 1,035 Male ±192 69 Female ±54

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