Mifflin vs Thompsontown

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

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

Thompsontown has the higher population (554 vs 415 in Mifflin). Mifflin has the higher median household income ($50,357 vs $41,875 in Thompsontown). Thompsontown has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $73,300 in Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
Population	415	554
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,357	$41,875
Median home value	$73,300	$158,300
Median gross rent	$836	$707
Housing units	168	323
Homeownership rate	42.2%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
Population	511 → 415 (-18.8%)	801 → 554 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $50,357 (+17.5%)	$43,333 → $41,875 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $73,300 (-1.5%)	$128,100 → $158,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $836 (+33.5%)	$596 → $707 (+18.6%)

Mifflin

Population

511415

Median household income

$42,857$50,357

Median home value

$74,400$73,300

Median gross rent

$626$836

Thompsontown

Population

801554

Median household income

$43,333$41,875

Median home value

$128,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$596$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
Under 5	8.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	19.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.6%
75 and over	3.9%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
No high school diploma	40.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	40.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
Drove alone	67.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	28.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
1-unit, detached	19.6%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	47.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	24.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Mifflin	Thompsontown
Poverty rate	30.0%	22.4%
Average household size	3.24	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1963