Photo: w:Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks , probably Burt Ellsworth, the staff photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0Lower Mifflin Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Lower Mifflin Township grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability. 118 jobs are based in Lower Mifflin Township; 713 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Lower Mifflin Township for work; outside it, Carlisle is the main destination (15%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lower Mifflin Township
Lower Mifflin Township is a place people come home to
There are 118 jobs based in Lower Mifflin Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lower Mifflin Township has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lower Mifflin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 713 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lower Mifflin Township
On income, poverty and job access, Lower Mifflin Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lower Mifflin Township’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Lower Mifflin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lower Mifflin Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Lower Mifflin Township on a workday
On a workday 707 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Lower Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way for Lower Mifflin Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Mifflin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 684 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Out of Lower Mifflin Township to work: where people go
Where Lower Mifflin Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Lower Mifflin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Mifflin Township, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 118. 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 Lower Mifflin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lower Mifflin Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Lower Mifflin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lower Mifflin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 756 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.8% of Lower Mifflin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lower Mifflin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,458th of 5,343: where Lower Mifflin Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,456 | Selby Township IL | 2,101 | $67K | 12.5% | 6.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,457 | Essex Township MI | 1,847 | $71K | 16.6% | 4.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,458 | Lower Mifflin Township PA | 1,795 | $61K | 16.7% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,459 | Lewis Township PA | 1,461 | $64K | 10.4% | 2.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,460 | Rockdale IL | 1,969 | $59K | 25.8% | 8.7% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Lower Mifflin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Lower Mifflin Township
The biggest share goes to West Pennsboro Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mifflin Township | – | C | C | 32 min | $60,682 |
| North Newton Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $78,125 |
| Tyrone Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 31 min | $70,347 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Southwest Madison Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $92,727 |
| Upper Mifflin Township | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $83,047 |
| Upper Frankford Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 32 min | $77,862 |
| West Pennsboro Township | 4% | A− | C− | 25 min | $81,433 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lower 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 Lower Mifflin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Mifflin Township?
$60,682 (±$13,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Mifflin Township?
16.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Mifflin Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Mifflin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlisle (15%, 12 mi), South Middleton Township (7%, 16 mi), Middlesex Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Mifflin Township walkable?
Lower Mifflin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Mifflin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Mifflin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower 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.