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State College, PA ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name State College, Pennsylvania (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $61,836 in 16801 to $73,532 in 16803 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). State College's most populous ZIP code is 16801, with 40,774 people (ACS 2020-2024); 11% of its land is in the city of State College.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are State College's ZIP codes?

16801: $62k median household income16803: $74k median household income168011680316801: $62k median household income16803: $74k median household income168011680316801: $62k median household income16803: $74k median household income1680116803
The 2 residential ZIP codes named State College, 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 State College's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 16803 ($73,532), the lowest in 16801 ($61,836). Home values run from $413,700 in 16803 to $414,600 in 16801.

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

All 2 residential ZIP codes of State College

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name State College, PA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
16801 Centre County 40,774 1,315 $62k $415k
16803 Centre County 23,977 1,044 $74k $414k

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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 State College

2 ZIP codes named State College have 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.

State College, 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
16804Centre County
16805Centre County

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

Which counties do State College's ZIP codes reach?

State College's residential ZIP codes lie in Centre County.

Which places do State College's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, State College's residential ZIP codes cover State College itself and 4 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Houserville census-designated 16801
  • Lemont census-designated 16801
  • Park Forest Village census-designated 16803
  • Toftrees census-designated 16803

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

Which first three digits do State College'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 State College starts with 168.

Three-digit prefixes of State College'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 State College's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
168 Altoona, PA (SCF 166) 4 59

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