Pennsylvania · Census place 4214064

Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Clearfield is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,794 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,794
#160 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-158 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
3,219 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Clearfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Clearfield population, 2020 to 2024

Clearfield lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -29. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 159th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Clearfield is 69% of it.

5,95220205,92520215,87120225,82320235,7942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,963. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clearfield covers 1.80 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 3,219 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Clearfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clearfield is in

All of Clearfield's residents live in Clearfield County, which had 78,132 residents in 2024. Clearfield holds 7.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clearfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clearfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16830. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clearfield is

The Census internal point of Clearfield is at 41.021500, -78.439400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 96.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DuBois, PA (7,302 people), 17.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 89.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.021500, -78.439400
DMS
41°01'17.40"N 78°26'21.84"W
UTM
17N 715290.4E 4544302.4N
Geohash
dr21r5dpt
Plus code
87H32HC6+J6

Daylight in Clearfield

At 41.02° N, Clearfield gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clearfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Curwensville, 5.3 miles away, with 2,488 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clearfield, PA?

5,794 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 158 (2.7%) from 5,952 in July 2020.

What county is Clearfield in?

Clearfield County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clearfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16830.

How far is Clearfield from Harrisburg?

96.9 miles (155.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Clearfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Clearfield?

DuBois, PA, with 7,302 residents, 17.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.