Oil City is a town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, home to about 1,184 people across 1.8 square miles. Its ZIP code is 71061.
Homes sold for a median of $142 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Oil City. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Dallas Love Field (DAL)166 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV)23 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Dallas, TX162 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Oil City; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Oil City had 901 residents in the 2020 census, down 26% since 2000.
It’s the 255th largest of 487 towns in Louisiana by population.
Caddo Parish grew from 44,499 residents in 1900 to 237,848 in 2020.
Caddo Parish, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 94°F in summer, and winter lows average 35°F. About 50.8 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 0 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mooringsport 1 N, LA weather station (3 miles away).
96,381 jobs at 6,086 businesses in Caddo Parish. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Oil City.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 1 |
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| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Museums
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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