Zip lookup · PA

16342
Polk, Pennsylvania.

Polk, Venango County, PA · Oil City, PA metro · population 2,126

What it costs per month · 16342 $755/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+119%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,113 +4%
$138,790$143,903 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $25,970 +22%
$117,933$143,903 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 16342 $755 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 16342$755
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 16342 rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Venango County, PA 97% · Mercer County, PA 3%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Polk, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $143,903 as of Sep 2026
+3.7%year on year

Typical home value — 16342

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 16342 $143,903 Oil City $127,812 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 16342$143,903
  • Oil City$127,812
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.4 16374 Kennerdell 1,672 — $149,822
7.9 16153 Stoneboro 2,234 — $183,635
8.2 16323 Franklin 14,353 $925 $128,706
8.7 16372 Clintonville 517 — $111,119
8.8 16145 Sandy Lake 2,660 — $200,081
9.2 16362 Utica 1,066 — $165,576
10.2 16133 Jackson Center 1,425 — $195,045
10.9 16311 Carlton 421 — $181,823
11.1 16038 Harrisville 3,292 — $196,262
11.6 16343 Reno 670 — $93,022
12.4 16127 Grove City 15,117 $1,116 $223,243
13.9 16346 Seneca 3,201 — $172,987
14.2 16020 Boyers 1,169 — $178,392
14.3 16373 Emlenton 3,254 — $149,075
14.6 16114 Clarks Mills 579 — $196,940
15.2 16317 Cooperstown 1,220 — $148,137
15.5 16314 Cochranton 5,188 — $187,221
15.6 16319 Cranberry 961 — $179,429
16.2 16040 Hilliards 1,013 — $176,386
17.2 16130 Hadley 1,810 — $181,314
17.2 16137 Mercer 12,490 — $230,214
17.3 16301 Oil City 15,233 — $87,464
17.4 16124 Fredonia 1,462 — $182,616

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.