Work & commute · Lower Mifflin

Work & commute in Lower Mifflin, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Mifflin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (15%), South Middleton (7%) and Middlesex (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 713 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 707 Lower Mifflin residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Mifflin.

707live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Mifflin goes to work

Carlisle12.4 mi away

15%105

South Middleton16 mi away

7%50

Middlesex15.7 mi away

4%29

West Pennsboro6.9 mi away

4%27

Hampden23.7 mi away

4%27

Harrisburg28.9 mi away

3%23

North Middleton11.4 mi away

3%21

Silver Spring19.8 mi away

3%20

Chambersburg24.9 mi away

3%18

Penn11.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%377

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lower Mifflin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

45%

22%

18%

15%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Mifflin is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Mifflin are

118 jobs are based in Lower Mifflin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Mifflin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Mifflin

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lower Mifflin residents hold

713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+123%

Jobs based in Lower Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 118. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.