PlainZIP

Drifting, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Drifting, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 299. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet DRIFTING-PA · Drifting, PA 1 ZIPs · 299 pop · #2331/25278 · Clearfield County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $118,204
  • RANK-TOP #2331/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Du Bois
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 299
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $238,400

Nearest income peer: Du Bois, PA ( $50,621 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Drifting

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Drifting on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Drifting, PA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
299
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$118,204
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $118,204 and home value $238,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 37.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, North Wales is the closest lower-income city and Presto the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Drifting.

Population concentration

Drifting reads through its lone ZIP, 16834

299 ACS residents, one ZIP: 16834 is not the leading code inside Drifting, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Drifting's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 10 employees , annual payroll $306k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 16834 (5 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Drifting, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Clearfield County, which covers 43 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Drifting. See the Clearfield County roll-up →

No other city sharing Clearfield County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Drifting. Du Bois, Clearfield and Houtzdale sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Morrisdale marks the far end of that range at $56,655, 52% below Drifting.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
16834 299 $118,204 5 6
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Drifting roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Drifting, .