With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mifflin works elsewhere
Mifflin has 37 jobs for 247 working residents. Hardly any work in Mifflin; the top destination outside it is Walker Township (11%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mifflin, in a few figures
Mifflin is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Mifflin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mifflin has about 310 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mifflin 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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mifflin
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Mifflin on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
How long Mifflin spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mifflin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 9% 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.
The places Mifflin commutes to
Where Mifflin clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 37. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Mifflin works
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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Mifflin?
$51,058 (±$24,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin?
24.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walker Township (11%, 5 mi), Delaware Township (6%, 10 mi), Fermanagh Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mifflin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mifflin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mifflin
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.