16868 ZIP Code — Pine Grove Mills, PA

ZIP code 16868 covers Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania, with a median household income of $160,747.

Median age: 54.215.5 points above the US average
Median household income: $160,7472.1× the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 0%12.4 points below the US average
Typical home value: $319,603up 26.3% in five years
Degree or higher: 64.3%29.3 points above the US average
Homeownership: 97.1%32.1 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 14

Where 16868 is

Pine Grove Mills, 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

Median age	54.2
Family households	63.7%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	98%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0.2%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	6.7%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$160,747
Income per person	$64,582
Poverty rate	0%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	0%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	0.0%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	0.0%
$40–45k	2.8%
$45–50k	11.0%
$50–60k	0.0%
$60–75k	13.0%
$75–100k	0.0%
$100–125k	4.9%
$125–150k	0.0%
$150–200k	65.4%
$200k or more	2.9%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$311,800
Owner-occupied	97.1%
Vacant homes	15.7%
Median year built	1964

What the homes are

Detached house	90.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$319,603as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 26.3%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 82.9%

Typical home value since 2000

$160,682 in 2013 to $319,603 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%
High school diploma or higher	100%
Works from home	55.4%
Drives to work alone	35.5%
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	71.3% 7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	75.6% 14.3 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	80.7% 4.8 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	31.6% 4.8 pts below the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	4.6% 8.4 pts below the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	14
People employed	58
Annual payroll	$1,514,000

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 14.3% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Very Low
Expected annual loss	18 out of 100
Community resilience	65.4 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.

Landslide	84.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	83.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	67.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	66.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	60.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	42.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	37.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	29.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	28.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	22.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	20.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	13.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	7.5Very 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	$160,747	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$64,582	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	0%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	$311,800	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	97.1%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	55.4%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	54.2	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	STATE COLLEGE, PA US6.8 km away
Rain in a year	42 in
Snow in a year	44 in

Average high and low by month

January	33.9°F / 20.5°F2.92 in rain, 11.3 in snow
February	36.8°F / 21.5°F2.46 in rain, 11.6 in snow
March	45.6°F / 28.3°F3.38 in rain, 9.4 in snow
April	59.2°F / 39.4°F3.51 in rain, 0.9 in snow
May	69.4°F / 50.3°F3.64 in rain
June	77°F / 59.3°F4.09 in rain
July	81.1°F / 63.3°F3.79 in rain
August	79.3°F / 61.6°F4.16 in rain
September	72.3°F / 54.1°F3.95 in rain
October	60.7°F / 43°F3.46 in rain, 0.4 in snow
November	48.8°F / 33.5°F2.99 in rain, 2.6 in snow
December	38.4°F / 26°F3.18 in rain, 7.6 in snow

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%.

State College Area School District	100% 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	0more vulnerable than 0% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	12more vulnerable than 12% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	1more vulnerable than 1% of US census tracts
Walkability	8.4 out of 20Below average

Nearby ZIP codes

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

16804 State College, PA	7 km away
16805 State College, PA	7 km away
16801 State College, PA	7.1 km away
16802 University Park, PA	7.6 km away
16803 State College, PA	8.3 km away
16865 Pennsylvania Furnace, PA	9.7 km away
16827 Boalsburg, PA	10.1 km away
16851 Lemont, PA	10.3 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.

Centre County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	1.52 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.7337, -77.8856

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.