Oil City vs Sugarcreek

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

Oil City and Sugarcreek 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 4,745 in Sugarcreek). Sugarcreek has the higher median household income ($59,594 vs $52,688 in Oil City). Sugarcreek has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $66,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
Population	9,517	4,745
Median age	42.5 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,688	$59,594
Median home value	$66,600	$100,000
Median gross rent	$799	$981
Housing units	4,661	2,314
Homeownership rate	61.4%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
Population	9,846 → 9,517 (-3.3%)	5,014 → 4,745 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $52,688 (+32.5%)	$42,315 → $59,594 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $66,600 (+28.8%)	$76,700 → $100,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $799 (+30.6%)	$601 → $981 (+63.2%)

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

Sugarcreek

Population

5,0144,745

Median household income

$42,315$59,594

Median home value

$76,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$601$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
Under 5	3.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	47.3%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
Drove alone	75.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	12.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
1-unit, detached	73.1%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Oil City	Sugarcreek
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1938	1954