16217 ZIP Code — Cooksburg, PA

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ZIP code 16217 covers Cooksburg, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 87 and a median household income of $54,219.

Population: 8712 per square mile
Median age: 65.126.4 points above the US average
Median household income: $54,21929% below the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 4.6%7.8 points below the US average
Median home value: $235,400about the Pennsylvania median
Degree or higher: 6.9%28.1 points below the US average
Homeownership: 94.9%29.9 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 11

Where 16217 is

Cooksburg, Pennsylvania — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	87
Median age	65.1
Family households	82.1%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	100%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	19.5%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$54,219
Income per person	$30,299
Poverty rate	4.6%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	5.1%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.1%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	10.3%
$35–40k	5.1%
$40–45k	5.1%
$45–50k	10.3%
$50–60k	59.0%
$60–75k	0.0%
$75–100k	0.0%
$100–125k	5.1%
$125–150k	0.0%
$150–200k	0.0%
$200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$235,400
Owner-occupied	94.9%
Vacant homes	57.1%
Median year built	1973

What the homes are

Detached house	95.6%
Mobile home	4.4%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%
High school diploma or higher	100%
Works from home	0%
Drives to work alone	100%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	0%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Colorectal screening	72.4% 8.1 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	63.2% 1.9 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	73.5% 2.4 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	34.1% 2.3 pts below the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	16.4% 3.4 pts above the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	11
People employed	82
Annual payroll	$2,639,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 63.7% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Very Low to Relatively Moderate across the 2 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss	57.3 out of 100
Community resilience	33 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Lightning	92.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	84.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	77.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	72.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	63.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	56.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	54.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	51.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	40.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche	30.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	29.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	29Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	24.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	3.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Pennsylvania	United States
Median household income	$54,219	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$30,299	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	4.6%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	$235,400	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	94.9%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	0%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	65.1	40.9	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	COOKSBURG 2 NW, PA US2.6 km away
Rain in a year	47 in

Average high and low by month

January	31.2°F / 13.1°F3.42 in rain
February	34.7°F / 13.8°F2.74 in rain
March	44.1°F / 21.4°F3.43 in rain
April	58.6°F / 31.1°F4.06 in rain
May	68.8°F / 42.1°F4.13 in rain
June	76.4°F / 51.6°F4.9 in rain
July	80.2°F / 55.2°F4.82 in rain
August	78.5°F / 54.2°F4.11 in rain
September	71.8°F / 47.3°F4.21 in rain
October	60°F / 36.7°F3.69 in rain
November	47.7°F / 27.8°F3.56 in rain
December	36.6°F / 20.1°F3.65 in rain

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Forest Area School District	75.6% of this ZIP code's land area
North Clarion County School District	24.4% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	49more vulnerable than 49% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	42more vulnerable than 42% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	23more vulnerable than 23% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	43more vulnerable than 43% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	72more vulnerable than 72% of US census tracts
Walkability	5.4 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

15828 Clarington, PA	4.5 km away
16260 Vowinckel, PA	6.8 km away
16220 Crown, PA	8.4 km away
16225 Fisher, PA	8.8 km away
16233 Leeper, PA	9.3 km away
16361 Tylersburg, PA	11.7 km away
15860 Sigel, PA	12.4 km away
16257 Snydersburg, PA	13.2 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Forest County	75.6% of this ZIP code's land area
Clarion County	24.4% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	7.49 sq mi
Population density	12 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	41.3384, -79.1971

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.