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Insurance agencies in the Oil City, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Oil City, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 537 scored small-town markets
#12 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 25
- 7 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,595 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,346
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 insurance agencies in the Oil City area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 28%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 11.7 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Oil City area comes to about $34.1M a year: $1,595 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per agency, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Oil City area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,945 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Oil City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, the Oil City area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #304 of 537 scored small-town markets and #12 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 vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies 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 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,945 | 1,105 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,595 | $1,514 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,522 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 257 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 insurance agencies and brokerages 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 | 76 | 17 | 7.0 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #67 of 537 |
| 2Pottsville, PA | 63 | 53 | 9.1 | $1.8M | +1.5% | #155 of 537 |
| 3Huntingdon, PA | 57 | 15 | 9.2 | $2M | −2.4% | #204 of 537 |
| 4Lock Haven, PA | 56 | 16 | 10.4 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #210 of 537 |
| 5Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 52 | 33 | 12.5 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #249 of 537 |
| 6East Stroudsburg, PA | 50 | 69 | 11.3 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #264 of 537 |
| 7Selinsgrove, PA | 49 | 20 | 13.7 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #273 of 537 |
| 8Sunbury, PA | 47 | 46 | 10.1 | $1.6M | −1.7% | #289 of 537 |
| 9Lewistown, PA | 46 | 20 | 10.8 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #292 of 537 |
| 10DuBois, PA | 45 | 35 | 10.8 | $1.6M | −2.9% | #299 of 537 |
| 12Oil City, PA | 45 | 25 | 11.7 | $1.4M | −2.0% | #304 of 537 |
Other business types in the Oil City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Oil City, PA area?
The Oil City area has 25 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Oil City, PA area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $34.1M a year, or $1,595 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per agency. 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 insurance agencies?
The Oil City area has 11.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Oil City area would have about 27, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,945 households, against one for every 966 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 45 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #304 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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