Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $144,518 (+6.7% in a year). DuBois, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$279 (+58%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,121 +7%
- $135,397$144,518 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $4,571 -3%
- $149,089$144,518 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.
- Clearfield$759
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Clearfield, PA rose 6.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Clearfield is a borough of 5,962 people in Clearfield County. Half its households earn more than $54,646 a year and half less, against $62,152 across Clearfield County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in Clearfield County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Clearfield is a small borough and the seat of Clearfield County in central Pennsylvania. Its residents are a little older than the country as a whole, and incomes in town run below the county's, with more people living below the poverty line than most would expect. Slightly more homes are lived in by their owners than by renters, and typical home values are modest. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in town are Penn Highlands Clearfield, a general hospital, along with Continental Carbonic Products and Kurtz Bros., both manufacturers. Commutes are fairly short, and a small share of people work from home. Unemployment across the county has eased over the past year, though the number of jobs has held about level.
Things to do. Bilger's Rocks is a park a short drive away. S. B. Elliott State Park, a protected area, is also a short drive from town, and Anderson Creek, a river, is close by as well. Those who want a longer outing can head to Parker Dam State Park, a protected area a longer drive away.
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- 2,664households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clearfield County had 29,242 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Clearfield Lawrence Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Clearfield
- Penn Highlands ClearfieldGeneral medical and surgical hospitals343
- Continental Carbonic ProductsDry ice manufacturing135
- Kurtz Bros. Main Office and FactoryPads, desk, made from purchased paper128
- Pennsylvania Grain ProcessingDenatured alcohol manufacturing92
- Fullington TrailwaysCharter bus services33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 731 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Clearfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clearfield County and the DuBois, PA metro.
Clearfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Clearfield$144,518
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Clearfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Clearfield29.13%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Clearfield38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Clearfield14
Zip codes with a Clearfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Clearfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.