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Oil City, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Oil City, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,712. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet OIL-CITY-LA · Oil City, LA 1 ZIPs · 1,712 pop · #24448/25278 · Caddo Parish

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $35,536
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24448/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Rodessa
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 51% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,712
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $113,200

Nearest income peer: Rodessa, LA ( $7,411 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Oil City

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Oil City on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Oil City, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,712
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,536
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($35,536 average) · poverty 30.1%. The primary code (71061) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (50.6%) for this income tier, rent $445 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Louisiana, Dulac is the closest lower-income city and Saint James the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Oil City.

Population concentration

Oil City's single ZIP 71061 carries the town

Oil City is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 71061 is the entire residential footprint (1,712 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Oil City's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 42 establishments, 804 employees , annual payroll $64,782k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71061 (42 units) ; leading NAICS Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (18) · also Manufacturing · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Oil City, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Caddo Parish, which covers 23 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Oil City. See the Caddo Parish roll-up →

Oil City sits in the lower half of Caddo Parish on income: Shreveport, Keithville and Greenwood report more, Vivian and Rodessa report less. Belcher marks the far end of that range at $83,333, 135% above Oil City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71061 1,712 $35,536 42 36
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Oil City roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Oil City, .