Most of Upper Mifflin Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
217 jobs are based in Upper Mifflin Township, against 572 working residents. Jobs and income earn Upper Mifflin Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% stay in Upper Mifflin Township for work; outside it, Carlisle is the main destination (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Upper Mifflin Township stands out on work
Income, poverty and work: Upper Mifflin Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Upper Mifflin Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Upper Mifflin Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Upper 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, Upper Mifflin Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Commuting from Upper Mifflin Township: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Mifflin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 618 commuters (the 14% 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 many people are in Upper Mifflin Township by day
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Upper Mifflin Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The towns that employ Upper Mifflin Township’s residents
Where Upper Mifflin Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Upper Mifflin Township makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Mifflin Township, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 217. 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 Upper Mifflin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Upper Mifflin Township
About 21% 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.
For most of Upper Mifflin Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Mifflin Township is more walkable than 27% 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 718 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). 5.2% of Upper Mifflin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Mifflin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Mifflin Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 1,521st of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,519 | North Bonneville WA | 1,415 | $100K | 4.6% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,520 | Linton Township IN | 1,254 | $99K | 8.0% | 6.1% | 8% | B |
| 1,521 | Upper Mifflin Township PA | 1,381 | $83K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,522 | Locust Township PA | 1,456 | $72K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,523 | Manitowoc WI | 1,074 | $82K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Upper Mifflin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Upper Mifflin Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Mifflin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Mifflin Township | – | B | C | 33 min | $83,047 |
| North Newton Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $78,125 |
| Toboyne Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Lower Mifflin Township | under 2% | C | C | 32 min | $60,682 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $75,515 |
Same-state neighbors only. Toboyne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper 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 Upper Mifflin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Mifflin Township?
$83,047 (±$12,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Mifflin Township?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Mifflin Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Mifflin Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlisle (14%, 16 mi), South Middleton Township (8%, 18 mi), Middlesex Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Mifflin Township walkable?
Upper Mifflin Township is more walkable than 27% 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 Upper Mifflin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Mifflin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper 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.