Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Columbus for about half of Mifflin Township’s working residents
Mifflin Township grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mifflin Township and work: the main findings
Mifflin Township trades workers with the towns around it
Mifflin Township has about as many jobs (20,774) as working residents (18,475), but they are mostly different people: 17,136 residents leave for work each day while 19,435 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Mifflin Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Mifflin Township works from home
24% of Mifflin Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
Most Mifflin Township residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Mifflin Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mifflin Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #120 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mifflin Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Mifflin Township by day and by night
On a workday 17,136 residents head out to work, 1,339 work right here, and 19,435 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Mifflin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 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 14,679 commuters (the 24% 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.
Half of Mifflin Township commutes less than 9 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The places Mifflin Township commutes to
Where Mifflin Township clocks in
50% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
What the 20,774 jobs in Mifflin Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin Township, 2013 → 2023: 18,300 → 20,774. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mifflin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Mifflin Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mifflin Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #327 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of 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 19,242 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.6% of Mifflin Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mifflin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mifflin Township is 169th of 1,113 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 52,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 6 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 9 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Wakefield MA | 29,234 | $134K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 9% | A |
| 168 | Midlothian TX | 46,683 | $127K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 12% | A |
| 169 | Mifflin Township OH | 38,526 | $104K | 6.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 170 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
| 171 | Foster City CA | 32,411 | $199K | 4.1% | 4.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,113 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
57% of Mifflin Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Columbus (50%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | – | A | B | 20 min | $104,427 |
| Gahanna | 7% | A | B | 20 min | $109,061 |
| Columbus | 50% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
| Jefferson Township | under 1% | A+ | C | 23 min | $131,250 |
| Clinton Township | under 1% | B | A+ | 21 min | $71,530 |
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 2023, 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?
$104,427 (±$6,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin Township?
6.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin Township work?
7% work in town.
Is Mifflin Township walkable?
Mifflin Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mifflin Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2023, 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.