78,132 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.9% since 2020)
1,145 square miles of land · 68 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
17 active community water systems list Clearfield County in the area they serve, reporting 55,328 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLEARFIELD MUNICIPAL AUTH surface water · local government · PA6170008 | 14,000 served |
| HOUTZDALE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA6170023 | 8,410 served |
| CITY OF DUBOIS WATER DEPART surface water · local government · PA6170016 | 7,794 served |
| PIKE TWP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA6170013 | 4,500 served |
| AQUA PA INC TREASURE LAKE DIV groundwater · private · PA6170048 | 4,155 served |
| COOPER TWP MUNICIPAL AUTH surface water · local government · PA6170041 | 3,700 served |
| IRVONA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA6170025 | 1,980 served |
| BECCARIA COALPORT IRVONA M A groundwater · local government · PA6170052 | 1,875 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 177 people were held in Clearfield County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 367 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 162.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
7 school districts have their office in Clearfield County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $69.7 million — $55.9 million to run schools, about $16,988 per student, plus $8.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.4 million local (mostly property tax), $36.3 million state, $9.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $38.3 million.
Spent $44.5 million — $40.4 million to run schools, about $19,476 per student, plus $653,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.8 million local (mostly property tax), $24.8 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $40 million.
Spent $36.7 million — $33.9 million to run schools, about $20,922 per student, plus $591,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.2 million local (mostly property tax), $21.6 million state, $3.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.8 million.
Spent $20 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $18,673 per student, plus $481,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $13.8 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.6 million.
Spent $19.6 million — $18 million to run schools, about $19,744 per student, plus $537,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.9 million.
Spent $17.5 million — $15.8 million to run schools, about $19,596 per student, plus $741,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $12.1 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.4 million.
Spent $6.5 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $22,924 per student, plus $161,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $4.8 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Clearfield County about $22.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
294 bridges in Clearfield County: 114 in good condition, 138 fair, and 42 poor (14.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR 219-US 219 over TRIB OF WOLF RUN · built 1962 | 8,458 vehicles a day |
| SR 1001 over W BR SUSQUEHANNA RIVER · built 1975 | 6,886 vehicles a day |
| LONG AVENUE over PENTZ RUN · built 1993 | 3,000 vehicles a day |
| T350 LARKEYTOWN RD over SANDY LICK CREEK · built 1975 | 2,750 vehicles a day |
| SR 153-PA 153 over BEAVER RUN · built 1920 | 2,589 vehicles a day |
| ON TSR 680 over MOSHANNON CREEK · built 1940 | 2,492 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $40.8 million of work in Clearfield County in fiscal 2025, about $507 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Clearfield County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Clearfield County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Jefferson County (29 mi) · Elk County (30 mi) · Cameron County (33 mi) · Centre County (33 mi) · Blair County (36 mi) · Cambria County (36 mi).