† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOil City, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German30.9%21.6%12.5%
Irish16.8%14.8%9.4%
English11.5%8.3%9.5%
American6.2%4.4%5.3%
Italian4.5%10.6%4.8%
Polish4.4%5.4%2.2%
Dutch2.7%——
Scottish2.1%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.4%1.4%11.3%
African American†1.1%8.7%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Oil City, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
47.6
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.8%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oil City, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$61,522
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.1%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oil City, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
12.4%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oil City, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
8.8%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.7%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.5%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
19.8%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Oil City, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.8%
1896
−5.2%
1900
−17.0%
1904
−40.3%
1908
−21.0%
1912
+9.3%
1916
+0.9%
1920
−43.0%
1924
−61.4%
1928
−58.5%
1932
−31.7%
1936
−30.7%
1940
−44.0%
1944
−39.2%
1948
−38.6%
1952
−45.2%
1956
−50.7%
1960
−36.1%
1964
+13.9%
1968
−18.2%
1972
−37.0%
1976
−17.0%
1980
−18.2%
1984
−19.3%
1988
−14.0%
1992
−1.5%
1996
−1.0%
2000
−16.8%
2004
−23.0%
2008
−19.2%
2012
−26.4%
2016
−41.3%
2020
−41.4%
2024
−42.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.5%Harris7,624
70.6%Trump18,883
0.5%Oliver137 +1
R+42.1
R+0.7
R+40.6
26,732
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.6%18,883
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic28.5%7,624
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%137
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%88
R
28.6%Biden7,585
70.0%Trump18,569
1.4%
R+41.4
R+0.1
R+45.9
26,528
R
26.8%Clinton6,309
68.1%Trump16,021
5.1%
R+41.3
R+14.9
R+43.4
23,530
R
35.7%Obama7,945
62.1%Romney13,815
2.2%
R+26.4
R+7.2
R+30.2
22,257
R
39.6%Obama9,238
58.9%McCain13,718
1.5%
R+19.2
D+3.8
R+26.5
23,307
R
38.1%Kerry9,024
61.2%Bush14,472
0.7%
R+23.0
R+6.3
R+20.6
23,659
R
39.9%Gore8,196
56.7%Bush11,642
3.4%
R+16.8
R+15.8
R+17.3
20,541
R
42.0%Clinton8,205
43.0%Dole8,398
15.1%
R+1.0
D+0.5
R+9.5
19,549
R
38.2%Clinton8,230
39.6%Bush8,545
22.2%
R+1.5
D+12.6
R+7.0
21,554
R
42.6%Dukakis8,624
56.6%Bush11,468
0.8%
R+14.0
D+5.3
R+6.3
20,263
R
40.1%Mondale9,114
59.4%Reagan13,507
0.5%
R+19.3
R+1.1
R+1.1
22,725
R
37.9%Carter7,800
56.0%Reagan11,547
6.1%
R+18.2
R+1.2
R+8.4
20,604
R
40.6%Carter8,653
57.6%Ford12,270
1.8%
R+17.0
D+20.0
R+19.0
21,311
R
30.3%McGovern6,302
67.3%Nixon13,991
2.4%
R+37.0
R+18.7
R+13.8
20,794
R
37.9%Humphrey8,319
56.1%Nixon12,323
6.0%
R+18.2
R+32.1
R+17.5
21,949
D
56.8%Johnson13,065
42.9%Goldwater9,873
0.4%
D+13.9
D+50.0
R+8.7
23,022
R
31.9%Kennedy8,064
68.0%Nixon17,193
0.1%
R+36.1
D+14.6
R+36.3
25,280
R
24.6%Stevenson5,594
75.3%Eisenhower17,107
0.1%
R+50.7
R+5.5
R+35.3
22,715
R
27.0%Stevenson6,356
72.2%Eisenhower17,006
0.9%
R+45.2
R+6.6
R+34.4
23,566
R
29.3%Truman5,144
68.0%Dewey11,920
2.7%
R+38.6
D+0.6
R+43.1
17,536
R
29.7%Roosevelt6,426
68.9%Dewey14,916
1.4%
R+39.2
D+4.8
R+46.7
21,646
R
27.9%Roosevelt6,873
71.9%Willkie17,728
0.2%
R+44.0
R+13.3
R+54.0
24,658
R
33.4%Roosevelt9,212
64.1%Landon17,676
2.5%
R+30.7
D+1.0
R+55.0
27,565
R
32.3%Roosevelt6,174
64.1%Hoover12,230
3.6%
R+31.7
D+26.8
R+49.5
19,088
R
20.5%Smith4,531
79.0%Hoover17,450
0.5%
R+58.5
D+2.9
R+41.0
22,089
R
12.9%Davis1,886
74.3%Coolidge10,841
12.8%
R+61.4
R+18.4
R+36.2
14,592
R
22.7%Cox2,669
65.7%Harding7,718
11.6%
R+43.0
R+43.9
R+16.8
11,746
D
41.8%Wilson3,938
41.0%Hughes3,856
17.2%
D+0.9
R+8.4
R+2.3
9,410
O
27.6%Wilson2,507
18.3%Taft1,660
54.2%
Roosevelt +26.6
D+30.3
R+10.2
9,092
R
28.8%Bryan2,815
49.7%Taft4,868
21.5%
R+21.0
D+19.4
R+11.4
9,788
R
17.0%Parker1,747
57.3%Roosevelt5,892
25.7%
R+40.3
R+23.3
R+20.7
10,278
R
35.7%Bryan4,014
52.7%McKinley5,931
11.6%
R+17.0
R+11.9
R+9.5
11,244
R
44.6%Bryan4,599
49.8%McKinley5,133
5.6%
R+5.2
D+4.6
D+0.9
10,304
R
39.6%Cleveland3,288
49.3%Harrison4,099
11.1%
R+9.8
—
R+11.4
8,313
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
29.7%7,902
66.9%17,825
26,631
2022
R
32.4%6,777
64.1%13,406
20,904
2018
R
37.5%6,945
60.6%11,210
18,512
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+36.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+42.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.2 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Oil City, PA in Oil City, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−162
2012
−373
2013
−300
2014
−372
2015
−260
2016
−378
2017
−543
2018
−382
2019
−306
2021
+16
2022
+134
2023
+36
2024
+288
2025
+95
Venango County's Allegheny River corridor has shed roughly half its population since the mid-20th century, and Oil City anchors a district where working-class realignment has steadily widened Republican margins in statewide races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.1 points.
A population of 49,801, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,522 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Meadville, PA and Somerset, PA.
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In 2024, Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 42.1 points (R+42.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,732 votes cast, 7,624 went Democratic and 18,883 went Republican.
When did Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania?
Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 49,801 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania is $61,522 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Oil City, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
