Work & commute · Mifflin

Work & commute in Mifflin, PA

Most working residents leave Mifflin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gratz (10%), Washington (8%) and Upper Paxton (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Mifflin residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mifflin.

255live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mifflin goes to work

Gratz6.4 mi away

10%26

Washington3.3 mi away

8%22

Upper Paxton5.1 mi away

5%14

Hegins17.6 mi away

5%12

Harrisburg22.8 mi away

4%11

Lykens5.7 mi away

4%10

Mifflin (in town)right here

4%10

Derry25.2 mi away

2%6

Hubley11.8 mi away

2%6

Jackson6.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%143

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

How far

How far Mifflin commutes

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

38%

25%

15%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mifflin is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mifflin are

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

Jobs based in Mifflin

442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Mifflin residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+55%

Jobs based in Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 442. 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.