Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Mifflin Township
453 jobs are based in Mifflin Township for 299 working residents. Only 4% work in Mifflin Township itself; outside it, Gratz draws the most (10%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mifflin Township, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
62% of the jobs in Mifflin Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
44% of the jobs based in Mifflin Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 31% of Mifflin Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mifflin Township
65% of Mifflin Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Mifflin Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Mifflin Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin Township, 2014 → 2024: 291 → 453. 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.
How a workday changes Mifflin Township
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 442 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Mifflin Township live
Where Mifflin Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Mifflin Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Mifflin Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $81,071 |
| Lower Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $69,904 |
| Pillow | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lykens Township | 7% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Washington Township | 10% | B | A− | 33 min | $80,682 |
| Upper Paxton Township | 6% | C | C | 33 min | $58,105 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pillow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lykens Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Washington Township. 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?
$81,071 (±$17,724) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin Township?
15.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gratz (10%, 6 mi), Washington Township (10%, 3 mi), Lykens Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mifflin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% 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.