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Altoona, PA ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Altoona, Pennsylvania (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $55,046 in 16602 to $58,070 in 16601 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Altoona's most populous ZIP code is 16601, with 33,515 people (ACS 2020-2024); 5% of its land is in the city of Altoona.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Altoona's ZIP codes?

16601: $58k median household income16602: $55k median household income166011660216601: $58k median household income16602: $55k median household income166011660216601: $58k median household income16602: $55k median household income1660116602
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Altoona, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Altoona's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 16601 ($58,070), the lowest in 16602 ($55,046). Home values run from $125,700 in 16602 to $147,200 in 16601.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Altoona

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Altoona, PA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
16601 Blair County 33,515 395 $58k $147k
16602 Blair County 26,352 1,795 $55k $126k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Altoona

1 ZIP code named Altoona has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Altoona, PA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
16603Blair County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Altoona's ZIP codes reach?

Altoona's residential ZIP codes lie in Blair County.

Which places do Altoona's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Altoona's residential ZIP codes cover Altoona itself and 14 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Canan Station census-designated 16601
  • Culp census-designated 16601
  • East Altoona census-designated 16601
  • Elberta census-designated 16601
  • Eldorado census-designated 16601
  • Greenwood census-designated 16602
  • Juniata Gap census-designated 16601
  • Lakemont census-designated 16602
  • Mill Run census-designated 16601
  • Newburg census-designated 16601
  • Pinecroft census-designated 16601
  • Red Hill census-designated 16601
  • Sickles Corner census-designated 16601
  • Skelp census-designated 16601

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Altoona's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Altoona starts with 166.

Three-digit prefixes of Altoona's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Altoona's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
166 Altoona, PA (SCF 166) 3 74

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.