Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mifflin Township works elsewhere
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Employers in Mifflin Township report 66 jobs for 471 working residents. Mifflin Township grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
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 is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Mifflin Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mifflin Township has about 670 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mifflin Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 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 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mifflin Township
On income, poverty and job access, Mifflin Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mifflin Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.7%) 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 C− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Mifflin Township
On a workday 464 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Mifflin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 533 commuters (the 1% 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.
24% of working residents work in Williamsport
Where Mifflin Township clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Mifflin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin Township, 2014 → 2024: 182 → 66. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mifflin Township
About 23% 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.
For most of Mifflin Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mifflin Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 541 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). 2.2% of Mifflin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mifflin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mifflin Township ranks: 1,901st of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,899 | Glenwood City WI | 1,254 | $73K | 12.2% | 4.8% | 6% | C |
| 1,900 | Butler Township MI | 1,415 | $71K | 9.1% | 3.6% | 1% | C |
| 1,901 | Mifflin Township PA | 1,077 | $66K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 1% | C |
| 1,902 | Littlerock CA | 1,398 | $57K | 6.9% | 3.3% | 1% | C |
| 1,903 | Blue Summit MO | 1,156 | $59K | 36.5% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Mifflin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | – | C | D | 25 min | $65,865 |
| Piatt Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 37 min | $67,885 |
| Cogan House Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Anthony Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cummings Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Watson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cogan House Township, Anthony Township, Cummings Township and Watson 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 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?
$65,865 (±$11,312) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin Township?
10.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (24%, 12 mi), Jersey Shore (7%, 7 mi), Loyalsock Township (5%, 14 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 2% 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.