Catawissa vs Mifflinville

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

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

Catawissa has the higher population (1,498 vs 1,191 in Mifflinville). Catawissa has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $50,735 in Mifflinville). Mifflinville has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $139,700 in Catawissa).

Population, income & housing

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
Population	1,498	1,191
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,472	$50,735
Median home value	$139,700	$216,100
Median gross rent	$652	$1,067
Housing units	796	601
Homeownership rate	54.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
Population	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)	1,129 → 1,191 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)	$49,208 → $50,735 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)	$133,500 → $216,100 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)	$894 → $1,067 (+19.4%)

Catawissa

Population

1,5561,498

Median household income

$41,184$53,472

Median home value

$104,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$699$652

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)

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
Under 5	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	17.8%	14.5%
75 and over	8.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	49.4%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
Drove alone	81.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	15.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
1-unit, detached	58.7%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Catawissa	Mifflinville
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1945	1967