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Population Review

Census ACS · #611 μSA

Oil City Metro Area

The Oil City, Pa Micropolitan Statistical Area has 50,096 residents. The median household income is $61,626 and the median home value is $114,500.

50,096

Population

74

People / sq mi

$61,626

Median Income

$114,500

Median Home Value

The Oil City CBSA covers 674 sq mi of land at 74.3 people per square mile.

Race & Ethnicity

White94.2%
Black or African American1.1%
Asian0.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.9%

Economy & Income

$61,626

Median Household Income

$33,044

Per Capita Income

8.4%

Poverty Rate

3.5%

Unemployment

Housing

$114,500

Median Home Value

$774

Median Rent

75.6%

Homeownership

Education

91.5%

High School+

19.7%

Bachelor's+

Commute

0.4%

Drive Alone

8.5%

Work From Home

24.2 min

Avg Commute

12.2%

Foreign Born

Oil City spans this state

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Oil City, Pa Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 50,096 according to Census ACS 5-Year estimates, making it the #611 largest CBSA in the US.

The median household income in the Oil City metro area is $61,626, with a per capita income of $33,044.

The Oil City, Pa CBSA spans the state of Pennsylvania.

Data for the Oil City, Pa CBSA (36340) from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Core-Based Statistical Areas combine cities, suburbs, and surrounding counties tied together by commuting patterns.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. population demographics distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. states, metros, cities, and ZIPs. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.