Bloomsburg vs Mifflinville

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomsburg and Mifflinville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bloomsburg and Mifflinville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomsburg has the higher population (12,906 vs 1,191 in Mifflinville). Mifflinville has the higher median household income ($50,735 vs $49,096 in Bloomsburg). Mifflinville has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $186,100 in Bloomsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
Population	12,906	1,191
Median age	24.4 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,096	$50,735
Median home value	$186,100	$216,100
Median gross rent	$937	$1,067
Housing units	5,325	601
Homeownership rate	37.0%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
Population	14,085 → 12,906 (-8.4%)	1,129 → 1,191 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$32,217 → $49,096 (+52.4%)	$49,208 → $50,735 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $186,100 (+36.8%)	$133,500 → $216,100 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $937 (+23.0%)	$894 → $1,067 (+19.4%)

Bloomsburg

Population

14,08512,906

Median household income

$32,217$49,096

Median home value

$136,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$762$937

Mifflinville

Population

1,1291,191

Median household income

$49,208$50,735

Median home value

$133,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$894$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
Under 5	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	40.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	14.5%
75 and over	6.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
Drove alone	69.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	1.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
1-unit, detached	38.3%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bloomsburg	Mifflinville
Poverty rate	30.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1963	1967