Clearfield vs Curwensville

A side-by-side comparison of Clearfield and Curwensville: population, income, housing, and more.

Clearfield and Curwensville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clearfield has the higher population (5,918 vs 2,544 in Curwensville). Clearfield has the higher median household income ($51,190 vs $50,679 in Curwensville). Clearfield has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $95,700 in Curwensville).

Population, income & housing

	Clearfield	Curwensville
Population	5,918	2,544
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,190	$50,679
Median home value	$100,800	$95,700
Median gross rent	$686	$686
Housing units	3,097	1,167
Homeownership rate	53.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearfield	Curwensville
Population	5,921 → 5,918 (-0.1%)	2,314 → 2,544 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$44,563 → $51,190 (+14.9%)	$35,083 → $50,679 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $100,800 (+18.9%)	$86,100 → $95,700 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $686 (+7.2%)	$579 → $686 (+18.5%)

Clearfield

Population

5,9215,918

Median household income

$44,563$51,190

Median home value

$84,800$100,800

Median gross rent

$640$686

Curwensville

Population

2,3142,544

Median household income

$35,083$50,679

Median home value

$86,100$95,700

Median gross rent

$579$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearfield	Curwensville
Under 5	9.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearfield	Curwensville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearfield	Curwensville
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearfield	Curwensville
Drove alone	78.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearfield	Curwensville
1-unit, detached	56.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Clearfield	Curwensville
Poverty rate	20.1%	17.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1949	1954