Moving to Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Population: 6,631. Estimated population in July 2024: 6,339 (-4.4% change)
Males: 3,133 (47.2%), Females: 3,498 (52.8%)
Zip code: 16830
Demographics
Median resident age: 40.9 years
Median household income: $27,414
Median house value: $58,200
Population by Race
Races in Clearfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Black (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (21.9%), Irish (11.5%), English (10.7%), United States (9.8%), Italian (9.2%), Polish (5.7%).
Land area: 1.8 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Clearfield
- High school or higher: 79.7%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 17.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 6.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Clearfield borough
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 52.9%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 11.0%
- Divorced: 11.2%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -109 (-1.6%).
Hospitals
Hospital/medical center in Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD HOSP (809 TURNPIKE AVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Clearfield:
- PHILIPSBURG AREA HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; PHILIPSBURG, PA)
- DUBOIS REGNL MED CNTR (about 23 miles; DUBOIS, PA)
- TYRONE HOSP (about 28 miles; TYRONE, PA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Clearfield:
- DU BOIS-JEFFERSON COUNTY (about 33 miles; DU BOIS, PA; Abbreviation: DUJ)
- UNIVERSITY PARK (about 44 miles; STATE COLLEGE, PA; Abbreviation: UNV)
- ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY (about 52 miles; ALTOONA, PA; Abbreviation: AOO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE (about 3 miles; CLEARFIELD, PA; Abbreviation: FIG)
- ALBERT (about 15 miles; PHILIPSBURG, PA; Abbreviation: 1N3)
- ST MARYS MUNI (about 27 miles; ST MARYS, PA; Abbreviation: OYM)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/Universities in Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD BEAUTY ACADEMY (Full-time enrollment: 19; Location: 22 N THIRD ST; Private, for-profit)
- CLEARFIELD COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (Full-time enrollment: 14; Location: RR 1 BOX 5; Public; Website: www.ccctc.org)
- CLEARFIELD HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF RADIOLOGIC TECHN (Full-time enrollment: 7; Location: 809 TURNPIKE AVE; Private, not-for-profit)
- LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-CLEARFIELD (Location: 119 BYERS ST; Public; Website: www.lhup.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Clearfield:
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA (about 35 miles; ALTOONA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,516)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 43 miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, PA; Full-time enrollment: 38,248)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-MAIN CAMPUS (about 55 miles; INDIANA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 12,307)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN (about 59 miles; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,851)
- CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 66 miles; CLARION, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,690)
- LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 71 miles; LOCK HAVEN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,738)
- SAINT BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; ST BONAVENTURE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,538)
Schools
Public high school in Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD AREA HS (Students: 1,030; Grades: 09 – 12)
Private high school in Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 166; Location: RD 2 BOX 257; Grades: KG – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Clearfield:
- CLEARFIELD AREA MS (Students: 715; Grades: 06 – 08)
- CLEARFIELD EL SCH (Students: 654; Grades: KG – 05)
- CENTRE EL SCH (Students: 229; Grades: KG – 05)
- CLEARFIELD COUNTY CTC (Grades: 00 – 00)
Private primary/middle school in Clearfield:
- ST FRANCIS ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 218; Location: 230 S SECOND STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
Libraries
Library in Clearfield:
- JOSEPH & ELIZABETH SHAW LIB (Operating income: $168,223; Location: 1 SOUTH FRONT ST; 48,676 books; 794 audio materials; 311 video materials; 80 serial subscriptions)