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Oil City, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $64,561 (it was $40,200 in 2000)
Oil City:

$64,561
Pennsylvania:

$222,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $39,420 - $111,542

Total population: 10,227 (All urban)

Houses: 4,788 (4,048 occupied: 2,449 owner occupied, 1,633 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

40%
State:

30%

Housing density: 1,061 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2021: $64,447.

Median contract rent in 2021: $536 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $673)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2021: $494


Median gross rent in Oil City, PA in 2021: $726

Housing units in Oil City with a mortgage: 903 (134 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 119 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $79,423

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $50,452

Median monthly housing costs: $592

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Oil City, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents
Median year apartment built: 1944

Household type by relationship:

Households: 9,680
  • Male householders: 2,004 (651 living alone), Female householders: 2,011 (740 living alone)
  • 1,584 spouses (1,584 opposite-sex spouses), 435 unmarried partners, (427 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,520 children (2,085 natural, 69 adopted, 364 stepchildren), 384 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 16 foster children, 40 other relatives, 279 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 280

Size of family households: 1,082 2-persons, 415 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 186 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 196 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,424 1-person, 309 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 21 5-persons.

1,242 married couples with children.
360 single-parent households (119 men, 241 women).

98.9% of residents of Oil City speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 47 (0.5%)
(44.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.8
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

5.5
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • 0no bedroom
  • 411 bedroom
  • 5002 bedrooms
  • 1,3203 bedrooms
  • 4064 bedrooms
  • 1825+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • 28no bedroom
  • 3971 bedroom
  • 5362 bedrooms
  • 3753 bedrooms
  • 1854 bedrooms
  • 1125+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Oil City in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Oil City in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 76no vehicle
  • 9431 vehicle
  • 1,0802 vehicles
  • 2323 vehicles
  • 474 vehicles
  • 725+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Oil City in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Oil City in renter-occupied apartments
  • 437no vehicle
  • 7001 vehicle
  • 4072 vehicles
  • 693 vehicles
  • 204 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 93 rooms
  • 1144 rooms
  • 2885 rooms
  • 6906 rooms
  • 4577 rooms
  • 2838 rooms
  • 6079+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • 231 room
  • 372 rooms
  • 1953 rooms
  • 2694 rooms
  • 3035 rooms
  • 2566 rooms
  • 2227 rooms
  • 2038 rooms
  • 1259+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2021 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Oil City, PA
  • Oil City, PA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Oil City, PA in 2021
  • 258Less than $10,000
  • 566$10,000 to $19,999
  • 536$20,000 to $29,999
  • 408$30,000 to $39,999
  • 386$40,000 to $49,999
  • 417$50,000 to $59,999
  • 311$60,000 to $74,999
  • 362$75,000 to $99,999
  • 412$100,000 to $124,999
  • 172$125,000 to $149,999
  • 137$150,000 to $199,999
  • 70$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2021 in Oil City, PA

  • Distribution of house value in Oil City, PA in 2021
  • 23Less than $10,000
  • 40$10,000 to $14,999
  • 166$15,000 to $19,999
  • 103$20,000 to $24,999
  • 82$25,000 to $29,999
  • 198$30,000 to $34,999
  • 105$35,000 to $39,999
  • 230$40,000 to $49,999
  • 287$50,000 to $59,999
  • 225$60,000 to $69,999
  • 106$70,000 to $79,999
  • 56$80,000 to $89,999
  • 58$90,000 to $99,999
  • 152$100,000 to $124,999
  • 74$125,000 to $149,999
  • 62$150,000 to $174,999
  • 65$175,000 to $199,999
  • 17$200,000 to $249,999
  • 119$250,000 to $299,999
  • 7$300,000 to $399,999
  • 76$400,000 to $499,999
  • 11$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2021 in Oil City, PA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Oil City, PA in 2021
  • 4Less than $100
  • 39$100 to $149
  • 30$150 to $199
  • 83$200 to $249
  • 85$250 to $299
  • 41$300 to $349
  • 120$350 to $399
  • 115$400 to $449
  • 112$450 to $499
  • 155$500 to $549
  • 127$550 to $599
  • 86$600 to $649
  • 83$650 to $699
  • 105$700 to $749
  • 45$750 to $799
  • 55$800 to $899
  • 22$1,000 to $1,249
  • 13$1,500 to $1,999
  • 7$2,000 to $2,499
  • 156No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2021

Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.6%
Number of people working at home: 385 (9.4% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2021

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 251
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 436
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 790
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 565
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 733
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 133
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 252
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 39
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 28
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 202
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 61
  • 90 or more minutes: 73
Means of transportation to work in 2021 - Oil City

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 2,676 (74.9%)
  • Carpooled: 207 (5.8%)
  • Taxi: 1 (0.0%)
  • Bicycle: 5 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 193 (5.4%)
  • Worked at home: 385 (10.8%)
Class of Workers in 2021
  • Unemployment by race in 2021
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 11.0%Males
  • 7.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 100.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 28.0%Males
  • 2.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 22.6%Males
  • 32.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Oil City, Pennsylvania
  • 302010 or later
  • 202000 to 2009
  • 01990 to 1999
  • 151980 to 1989
  • 61970 to 1979
  • 38Before 1970
Ancestries in Oil City, PA

First ancestries reported:

  • English: 848 (24.2%)
  • German: 791 (22.6%)
  • American: 431 (12.3%)
  • Irish: 305 (8.7%)
  • Polish: 246 (7.0%)
  • Italian: 145 (4.1%)
  • Scottish: 59 (1.7%)
  • Dutch: 50 (1.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 50 (1.4%)
  • Swedish: 28 (0.8%)
  • European: 25 (0.7%)
  • Hungarian: 23 (0.7%)
  • French: 22 (0.6%)
  • Ukrainian: 20 (0.6%)
  • Lithuanian: 17 (0.5%)
  • Ethiopian: 12 (0.3%)
  • Turkish: 9 (0.3%)
  • Latvian: 7 (0.2%)
  • Slovak: 7 (0.2%)
  • Norwegian: 6 (0.2%)
  • Danish: 5 (0.1%)
  • Greek: 5 (0.1%)
  • African: 2 (0.06%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Scotland
Oil City:

23.4% (11)
Pennsylvania:

0.2% (1,706)

Ethiopia
Oil City:

21.3% (10)
Pennsylvania:

0.5% (4,550)

Taiwan
Oil City:

17.0% (8)
Pennsylvania:

0.7% (6,324)

Turkey
Oil City:

14.9% (7)
Pennsylvania:

0.5% (4,996)

Ecuador
Oil City:

6.4% (3)
Pennsylvania:

1.0% (9,090)

Uganda
Oil City:

2.1% (1)
Pennsylvania:

0.1% (1,039)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 8,227
  • Other state: 1,344
  • Northeast: 234
  • Midwest: 233
  • South: 535
  • West: 362

81.3% of Oil City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.8% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61.7% lived in Pennsylvania.


Oil City:

81.3%
State average:

88.2%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 47
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 22
  • 9th grade: 46
  • 10th grade: 34
  • 11th grade: 47
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 10
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,607
  • Less than 1 year of college: 116
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 264
  • Associate degree: 517
  • Bachelor's degree: 498
  • Master's degree: 147
  • Professional school degree: 28
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 40
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1
  • 7th and 8th grade: 70
  • 9th grade: 34
  • 10th grade: 12
  • 11th grade: 137
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 41
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,280
  • Less than 1 year of college: 216
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 332
  • Associate degree: 389
  • Bachelor's degree: 607
  • Master's degree: 160
  • Professional school degree: 34
  • Doctorate degree: 9
Educational Attainment for Females
Oil City marital status for males
Oil City marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,391
  • One, attached: 107
  • Two: 526
  • 3 or 4: 242
  • 5 to 9: 258
  • 10 to 19: 40
  • 20 to 49: 126
  • 50 or more: 93

Median worth of mobile homes: $183,797

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2021: 5.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2021: 2.5%

House/condo owner moved in on average 18 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Oil City
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Oil City, PA
  • 91.1%Utility gas
  • 5.4%Electricity
  • 2.6%Wood
  • 0.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Other fuel
  • 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Oil City, PA
  • 72.3%Utility gas
  • 25.2%Electricity
  • 1.3%Wood
  • 1.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 139
Here:

15.1%
Pennsylvania:

16.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 161
Here:

22.7%
Pennsylvania:

13.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
Here:

33.4%
Pennsylvania:

41.1%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability