Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Oil Creek Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 88 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on health. The median household income is $66K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. On cost of living, just 97 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. Bridge in Oil Creek Township is on the National Register of Historic Places. Oil Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Oil Creek Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Oil Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,880 in 2000, 1,701 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 4 maps from 1927 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oil Creek Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Oil Creek Township.
Among adults in Oil Creek Township, 26% have been diagnosed with depression. 14% of Oil Creek Township adults have diabetes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). Against the Pennsylvania average, Oil Creek Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 16.
| Oil Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Oil Creek Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The July high for Oil Creek Township comes to 81°F, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 85°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Commuting out is the norm in Oil Creek Township: 8% of working residents work locally. Jobs locally fell by 126 from 2013 to 2023, to 519. The average trip to work locally is 19 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
| Oil Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The national flood insurance program has paid 14 claims in Oil Creek Township since 1979. Compared with 62% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 90% come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Oil Creek Township, the trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Oil Creek Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oil Creek Township
About 1 of every 100 Oil Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Oil Creek Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,701 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 1,877 at the 2010 census.
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6 towns share a border with Oil Creek Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Creek Township · Oil Creek Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Titusville | #929 | C− | A− | B− | C | D |
| Rome Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Southwest Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Troy Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Cherrytree Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
Oil Creek Township, Rome Township, Troy Township and Cherrytree Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oil Creek Township, Rome Township, Troy Township and Cherrytree Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Southwest Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Oil Creek Township and Oil Creek Township are one community, graded once. Compare Oil Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
