Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Grocery and convenience stores in the Oil City, PA area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Oil City, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #241 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 51
- 22 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $130.6M
- On groceries · $6,105 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.8
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,346
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Oil City area comes to about $130.6M a year: $6,105 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.6M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Oil City area as of September 2026. 22 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 23.8 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Oil City area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,783 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oil City area declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Oil City area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #241 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Oil City area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Oil City area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.8 | 19.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,783 | 1,300 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,105 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,522 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 283
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Oil City area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Oil City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,346−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 21,397
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $61,522+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,995
- Median home value
- $119,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,142
- Daytime population
- 45,367Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 85 | 48 | 19.8 | $3.4M | +7.2% | #7 of 538 |
| 2East Stroudsburg, PA | 72 | 113 | 18.5 | $3.7M | −0.7% | #54 of 538 |
| 3Lock Haven, PA | 71 | 25 | 16.2 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #64 of 538 |
| 4Hermitage, PA | 68 | 89 | 19.1 | $3.2M | −2.4% | #100 of 538 |
| 5Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 67 | 61 | 23.1 | $2.7M | +2.3% | #112 of 538 |
| 6Huntingdon, PA | 66 | 34 | 20.8 | $3M | −2.4% | #117 of 538 |
| 7Indiana, PA | 66 | 66 | 20.3 | $3M | −0.3% | #118 of 538 |
| 8Warren, PA | 65 | 34 | 21.1 | $2.9M | −3.8% | #125 of 538 |
| 9DuBois, PA | 64 | 55 | 16.9 | $3.6M | −2.9% | #127 of 538 |
| 10Somerset, PA | 61 | 59 | 20.1 | $3.1M | −2.7% | #166 of 538 |
| 14Oil City, PA | 55 | 51 | 23.8 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #241 of 538 |
Other business types in the Oil City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores55
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Oil City, PA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 grocery and convenience stores in the Oil City area. 22 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Oil City, PA area spend on groceries?
About $130.6M a year, or $6,105 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,397 households in the Oil City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oil City, PA area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Oil City area has 23.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Oil City area would have about 39, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,783 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Oil City, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Oil City area at 49,346 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,397 households. The median household income in the Oil City area is $61,522 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Oil City area scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #241 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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