Mifflin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
216 jobs are based in Mifflin Township, and 480 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Mifflin Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). 4% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mifflin Township
Mifflin Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Mifflin Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Mifflin Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Mifflin Township averages 27 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (21 to 24 minutes). Next door ↓
Few Mifflin Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Mifflin Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Mifflin Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.2%) is left out: Mifflin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mifflin Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
24% of working residents work in Ashland
Where Mifflin Township clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 27 minutes each way for Mifflin Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mifflin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 829 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Mifflin Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Mifflin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin Township, 2014 → 2024: 63 → 216. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mifflin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mifflin Township to work
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Mifflin Township is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 859 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Mifflin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mifflin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Mifflin Township ranks 815th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 813 | New Braintree MA | 1,013 | $100K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 814 | Rich Hill Township MO | 1,593 | $99K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 815 | Mifflin Township OH | 1,254 | $91K | 6.3% | 8.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 816 | Liverpool Township PA | 1,066 | $100K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 817 | Farmington WI | 1,398 | $88K | 8.6% | 3.0% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mifflin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Mifflin Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Vermillion Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $91,393 |
| Vermillion Township | 2% | B− | B− | 24 min | $67,614 |
| Milton Township | under 2% | B− | C | 21 min | $73,295 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B | D− | 24 min | $90,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mifflin Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mifflin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mifflin Township?
$91,393 (±$16,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin Township?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (24%, 7 mi), Mansfield (8%, 9 mi), Wooster (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mifflin Township walkable?
Mifflin Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mifflin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mifflin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mifflin Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.