Mifflin vs Mifflintown

A side-by-side comparison of Mifflin and Mifflintown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mifflintown has the higher population (800 vs 415 in Mifflin). Mifflin has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $49,662 in Mifflintown). Mifflintown has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $73,300 in Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
Population	415	800
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,357	$49,662
Median home value	$73,300	$123,700
Median gross rent	$836	$723
Housing units	168	359
Homeownership rate	42.2%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
Population	511 → 415 (-18.8%)	964 → 800 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $50,357 (+17.5%)	$42,292 → $49,662 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $73,300 (-1.5%)	$84,700 → $123,700 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $836 (+33.5%)	$609 → $723 (+18.7%)

Mifflin

Population

511415

Median household income

$42,857$50,357

Median home value

$74,400$73,300

Median gross rent

$626$836

Mifflintown

Population

964800

Median household income

$42,292$49,662

Median home value

$84,700$123,700

Median gross rent

$609$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
Under 5	8.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	19.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.9%
75 and over	3.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
No high school diploma	40.1%	28.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
Drove alone	67.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	28.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
1-unit, detached	19.6%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	47.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	26.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mifflin	Mifflintown
Poverty rate	30.0%	10.3%
Average household size	3.24	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938