Mifflin at work: jobs, income and the commute
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% work in Mifflin; the top destination outside it is Dodgeville (17%, 14 miles). There are 223 jobs in Mifflin for 270 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mifflin at work: what stands out
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mifflin
About 30% 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.
Mifflin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Mifflin goes to work
Where Mifflin clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Mifflin makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 223. 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.
Commuting from Mifflin: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mifflin workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Around Mifflin: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mifflin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin | – | — | — | 20 min | $94,375 |
| Belmont | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Linden | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Livingston | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clifton | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lima | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Eden | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Belmont, Clifton, Lima and Eden: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Linden and Livingston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mifflin’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 Mifflin: questions
What is the median household income in Mifflin?
$94,375 (±$21,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mifflin?
16.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mifflin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mifflin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodgeville (17%, 14 mi), Madison (11%, 50 mi), Mineral Point (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mifflin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.