| City: | Houtzdale, Pennsylvania |
| Names to Avoid: | Sci Houtzdale |
| County: | Clearfield County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:25:19 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 582 / 814 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.8586, -78.3876 |
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State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, a medium-security state prison, operates under dedicated ZIP code 16698 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The facility broke ground in 1994 and opened in January 1996 at a construction cost of $70 million, built to address overcrowding in Pennsylvania's prison system. Located along Pennsylvania Route 153, SCI Houtzdale houses approximately 2,550 adult male inmates in open dormitories and multi-occupancy cells.
In October 2006, SCI Houtzdale opened a PCI Commissary Distribution Operation serving eight state correctional institutions and employing up to 90 inmates. The facility offers vocational training in barbering, construction trades, computer-aided drafting, and custodial maintenance. This dedicated postal designation has served the institution for over two decades, with Houtzdale as the valid mailing city.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
ZIP Code 16698 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 10Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 16698 is located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, within the DuBois, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 20180) and Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 81,642 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 16698. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | DuBois, PASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 20180Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 81,642Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 15Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1285.03 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 4235928Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Houtzdale borough; PennsylvaniaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 16698 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.