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Roofing and gutter companies in the Oil City, PA area
How the Oil City, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #47 of 288 scored small-town markets
#6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,678 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.5M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,346
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 roofing and gutter companies in the Oil City area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
At $2,678 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Oil City area spend about $57.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $11.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Oil City area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 7,132 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
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 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for roofing and gutter companies, ranking #47 of 288 scored small-town markets and #6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
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 home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the roofing and gutter companies 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 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.5M | $9.6M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,132 | 6,022 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.3% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,678 | $3,158 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,522 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 2
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $642K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 roofing contractors 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 | 91 | 6 | 2.5 | $12.9M | +7.2% | #2 of 288 |
| 2Pottsville, PA | 80 | 14 | 2.4 | $11.8M | +1.5% | #10 of 288 |
| 3Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 77 | 7 | 2.7 | $10.5M | +2.3% | #18 of 288 |
| 4Sunbury, PA | 73 | 12 | 2.6 | $10.7M | −1.7% | #29 of 288 |
| 5Indiana, PA | 72 | 6 | 1.8 | $14.6M | −0.3% | #35 of 288 |
| 6Oil City, PA | 68 | 5 | 2.3 | $11.5M | −2.0% | #47 of 288 |
| 7Selinsgrove, PA | 63 | 5 | 3.4 | $8.5M | −0.2% | #67 of 288 |
| 8Somerset, PA | 62 | 7 | 2.4 | $11.4M | −2.7% | #72 of 288 |
| 9Lewisburg, PA | 47 | 7 | 4.8 | $6.3M | −0.8% | #163 of 288 |
| 10Lock Haven, PA | 44 | 9 | 5.8 | $4.7M | +1.3% | #185 of 288 |
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 roofing and gutter companies are in the Oil City, PA area?
There are 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Oil City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Oil City, PA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $57.3M a year, or $2,678 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $11.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies. 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 roofing and gutter companies?
The Oil City area has 2.3 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $11.5M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Oil City area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,132 households, against one for every 5,063 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 68 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #47 of 288 scored small-town markets.
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