Work & commute · Upper Mifflin

Work & commute in Upper Mifflin, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Mifflin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (14%), South Middleton (8%) and Middlesex (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 561 Upper Mifflin residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Mifflin.

561live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Mifflin goes to work

Carlisle15.7 mi away

14%78

South Middleton18 mi away

8%45

Middlesex19.9 mi away

4%24

West Pennsboro8.8 mi away

4%23

Hampden27.9 mi away

4%21

Harrisburg33 mi away

3%17

North Middleton15.6 mi away

3%16

Upper Frankford7.9 mi away

2%14

Upper Mifflin (in town)right here

2%11

Shippensburg8.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%313

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

How far

How far Upper Mifflin commutes

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

14%

41%

24%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Mifflin is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Mifflin are

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

Jobs based in Upper Mifflin

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Upper Mifflin residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+34%

Jobs based in Upper Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 217. 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.