Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Mifflin Township
Only 5% stay in Mifflin Township for work; outside it, Waverly is the main destination (13%, 18 miles). Getting around Mifflin Township on foot earns B. Below the poverty line: 36.1% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Mifflin Township apart on work
Mifflin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 184 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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; with 432 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Mifflin Township, about 47 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 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 300 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Mifflin Township
About 32% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Mifflin Township
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Mifflin Township’s working residents head each day
Where Mifflin Township clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Mifflin Township
259 jobs are based in Mifflin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin Township, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 259. 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.
In Mifflin Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mifflin Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 332 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). 10.4% 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.
Around Mifflin Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Perry 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 | 47 min | — |
| Benton Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 50 min | $33,365 |
| Sunfish Township | under 3% | D | D− | 50 min | $56,653 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | D | D | 38 min | $66,250 |
| Perry Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Brushcreek Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 34 min | $65,670 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 poverty rate in Mifflin Township?
36.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin Township?
47 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waverly (13%, 18 mi), Columbus (9%, 64 mi), Chillicothe (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mifflin Township walkable?
Mifflin Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mifflin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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), 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.