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Titusville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $118K, 1.9 years of the Meadville area’s $60K median household income. It grades C− overall, 929th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $38K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Titusville, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On civic life, just 26 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Titusville is home to University of Pittsburgh-Titusville.
Where Titusville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 245 in 1850, a peak of 12,786 in 1890, 5,262 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1861 and 4 maps from 1927 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Titusville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Titusville, 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 Titusville.
Titusville trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Homes are within reach (about $118K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles. At 1.9 years of the Meadville area’s $60K median household income, the typical home (about $118K) costs less against local pay than in 92% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The median rent in Titusville is $662 a month. The typical Titusville home is worth about $118,000, up 1.3% in a year, 59% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 57% of households own their home in Titusville.
| Titusville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $662 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Titusville Area SD.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titusville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 411 | C |
| Titusville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 565 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Against the 1,917 U.S. towns with household incomes like Titusville’s, it is less healthy than 53%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of Titusville adults report frequent physical distress. Titusville beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 20% of Titusville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Titusville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Titusville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.3% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.1% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $590 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on. 77 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 14 properties have flooded more than once.
Titusville’s FEMA risk score is 72 of 100. Since 1980, 77 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Titusville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Titusville Wtr Wks weather station records that 89 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Titusville has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 17°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 3 of Titusville’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Titusville has lost 293 jobs, to 2,304 in 2023. Only 8 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower median household income than Titusville.
| Titusville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 30% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $38,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is The Ed Myer Complex, at 45 acres.
| Titusville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Ed Myer Complex | — | 45 |
| 2. Burgess Park | — | 12 |
| 3. Robert's Grove public park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Titusville sits closer to the middle.
| Titusville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Titusville
About 7 of every 100 Titusville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
4 places in Titusville on the National Register of Historic Places.
23 notable people were born in Titusville.
City in Pennsylvania, US
Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,262 at the 2020 census. Titusville is known as the birthplace of the American oil industry and for a number of years was the leading oil-producing region in the world. It was also notable for its lumber industry, including 17 sawmills, as well as its plastic and toolmaking industries. It is part of the Meadville micropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Titusville.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titusville | #929 | C− | A− | B− | C | D |
| Oil Creek Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
Oil Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oil Creek Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Titusville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Titusville grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #929 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades D for health, B− for safety and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Titusville sits nearer the middle.
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−.
23 notable people were born here, including Jeannie Seely and Julien Bryan.
