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Work & commute in Mifflinville · A commuter town

96% of Mifflinville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Mifflinville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Berwick (10%), South Centre (9%) and Bloomsburg (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
4%
24 of 535 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
22 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
19%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
377
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Mifflinville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in Berwick

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

CatawissaBriar CreekBerwick: 51 residents work here (10%)Bloomsburg: 44 residents work here (8%)HazletonScrantonPhiladelphia: 11 residents work here (2%)Scott: 21 residents work here (4%)North CentreMifflin: 36 residents work here (7%)Salem: 22 residents work here (4%)Hazle: 9 residents work here (2%)Mahoning: 38 residents work here (7%)South Centre: 47 residents work here (9%)Briar CreekHemlock: 12 residents work here (2%)MifflinvilleBerwickSouth CentreBloomsburgMahoningMifflinSalemMifflinville
1
Berwick3.2 mi away
10%51
2
South Centre2.7 mi away
9%47
3
Bloomsburg8.2 mi away
8%44
4
Mahoning16.2 mi away
7%38
5
Mifflin1.2 mi away
7%36
6
Salem8.1 mi away
4%22
7
Scott5.9 mi away
4%21
8
Hemlock11.4 mi away
2%12
9
Philadelphia93.6 mi away
2%11
10
Hazle15.9 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%244
The top trips

Where Mifflinville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

What the 377 jobs in Mifflinville are

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

Jobs based in MifflinvilleJobs Mifflinville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%22%
Trade, transport & utilities51%21%
Services: health, schools, offices35%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%27%
Over $3,333 a month40%59%

Who does it

29 or younger41%21%
30 to 5440%53%
55 and older20%27%
+33%

Jobs based in Mifflinville, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 377. 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.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
165 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mifflinville22 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of Mifflinville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Mifflinville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.

511live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
353work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,200
Workday1,000
1,200live here− 510head out to work+ 350come in to work= 1,000on a workday

About 1,000 people are in Mifflinville on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.70jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

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 far

Half of Mifflinville commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBerwick: 10% · 3.2 miSouth Centre: 9% · 2.7 miBloomsburg: 8% · 8.2 miMahoning: 7% · 16.2 miMifflin: 7% · 1.2 miSalem: 4% · 8.1 miScott: 4% · 5.9 miHemlock: 2% · 11.4 miPhiladelphia: 2% · 93.6 miHazle: 2% · 15.9 miBerwick 10%South Centre 9%Bloomsburg 8%Mahoning 7%Mifflin 7%Mifflinville
MifflinvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi249 residents
24%10–24 mi128 residents
16%25–50 mi87 residents
13%Over 50 mi71 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

16% of Mifflinville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to South Centre (9%). Darker towns draw more of Mifflinville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

South Centre21 min
Mifflinville22 min
Mifflin24 min
Briar Creek33 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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