PlainZIP

Polk, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Polk, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,281. 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 POLK-PA · Polk, PA 1 ZIPs · 2,281 pop · #16015/25278 · Venango County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $63,750
  • RANK-LOWER #16015/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Emlenton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,281
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $114,700

Nearest income peer: Emlenton, PA ( $703 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 Polk

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Polk 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, Polk, PA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

37th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,281
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,750
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $63,750 and poverty 16.5% concentrate in 16342.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Nesquehoning is the closest lower-income city and Mount Pleasant Mills the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Polk.

Population concentration

Polk reads through its lone ZIP, 16342

2,281 ACS residents, one ZIP: 16342 is not the leading code inside Polk, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Polk

Citywide ZBP: 19 establishments, 146 employees , annual payroll $7,389k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 16342 (19 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) · also Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Polk, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Venango County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Polk. See the Venango County roll-up →

Polk sits in the upper half of Venango County on income: Oil City, Seneca and Pleasantville report less, while Cranberry, Venus and Utica report more. Clintonville marks the far end of that range at $46,458, 27% below Polk.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
16342 2,281 $63,750 19 14
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