† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupClearfieldPennsylvaniaUnited States
German21.1%21.6%12.5%
Irish12.4%14.8%9.4%
English10.9%8.3%9.5%
Italian7.4%10.6%4.8%
American5.5%4.4%5.3%
Polish5.1%5.4%2.2%
French3.3%—1.6%
Scottish2.2%1.1%1.3%
African American†1.1%8.7%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
40.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$54,646
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.3%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−11.3%
2008
−3.4%
2012
−14.3%
2016
−30.4%
2020
−27.9%
2024
−29.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.8%Harris998
63.8%Trump1,830
1.4%
R+29.0
R+1.1
R+27.5
2,867
R
35.1%Biden1,005
63.0%Trump1,803
1.9%
R+27.9
D+2.6
R+32.3
2,863
R
32.6%Clinton866
63.0%Trump1,675
4.4%
R+30.4
R+16.1
R+32.5
2,657
R
41.8%Obama1,090
56.1%Romney1,463
2.0%
R+14.3
R+10.9
R+18.2
2,606
R
46.7%Obama1,300
50.1%McCain1,396
3.2%
R+3.4
D+7.8
R+10.7
2,784
R
44.4%Kerry1,222
55.6%Bush1,532
0.0%
R+11.3
—
R+8.8
2,755
Clearfield Borough anchors a rural, post-industrial county in central Pennsylvania where Democratic registration still outnumbers Republican on the rolls but recent presidential cycles have delivered double-digit Republican margins at the ballot box.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 30.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.0 points.
A population of 5,873, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,646 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of DuBois and West Frankfort.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Clearfield, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 29.0 points (R+29.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,867 votes cast, 998 went Democratic and 1,830 went Republican.
How many people live in Clearfield, Pennsylvania?
Clearfield, Pennsylvania has a population of 5,873 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clearfield, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Clearfield, Pennsylvania is $54,646 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Clearfield, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clearfield, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
