Mifflintown vs Port Royal

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

Mifflintown and Port Royal 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 754 in Port Royal). Port Royal has the higher median household income ($62,232 vs $49,662 in Mifflintown). Port Royal has the higher median home value ($145,200 vs $123,700 in Mifflintown).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
Population	800	754
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,662	$62,232
Median home value	$123,700	$145,200
Median gross rent	$723	$685
Housing units	359	385
Homeownership rate	42.2%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
Population	964 → 800 (-17.0%)	857 → 754 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $49,662 (+17.4%)	$44,643 → $62,232 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $123,700 (+46.0%)	$124,000 → $145,200 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $723 (+18.7%)	$630 → $685 (+8.7%)

Mifflintown

Population

964800

Median household income

$42,292$49,662

Median home value

$84,700$123,700

Median gross rent

$609$723

Port Royal

Population

857754

Median household income

$44,643$62,232

Median home value

$124,000$145,200

Median gross rent

$630$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
Under 5	2.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.0%
75 and over	6.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
No high school diploma	28.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
Drove alone	73.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
1-unit, detached	37.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Mifflintown	Port Royal
Poverty rate	10.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1948