Oil City vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Oil City and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

Oil City and Seneca are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oil City has the higher population (9,517 vs 1,455 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $52,688 in Oil City). Seneca has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $66,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Oil City	Seneca
Population	9,517	1,455
Median age	42.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,688	$73,478
Median home value	$66,600	$134,900
Median gross rent	$799	$715
Housing units	4,661	700
Homeownership rate	61.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil City	Seneca
Population	9,846 → 9,517 (-3.3%)	984 → 1,455 (+47.9%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $52,688 (+32.5%)	$45,096 → $73,478 (+62.9%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $66,600 (+28.8%)	$114,200 → $134,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $799 (+30.6%)	$877 → $715 (-18.5%)

Oil City

Population

9,8469,517

Median household income

$39,750$52,688

Median home value

$51,700$66,600

Median gross rent

$612$799

Seneca

Population

9841,455

Median household income

$45,096$73,478

Median home value

$114,200$134,900

Median gross rent

$877$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oil City	Seneca
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	20.1%
75 and over	8.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil City	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil City	Seneca
No high school diploma	11.3%	0.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil City	Seneca
Drove alone	75.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	14.5%	1.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	16.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil City	Seneca
1-unit, detached	73.1%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Oil City	Seneca
Poverty rate	18.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1938	1975