Mifflintown vs Thompsontown

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

Mifflintown and Thompsontown 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 554 in Thompsontown). Mifflintown has the higher median household income ($49,662 vs $41,875 in Thompsontown). Thompsontown has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $123,700 in Mifflintown).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
Population	800	554
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,662	$41,875
Median home value	$123,700	$158,300
Median gross rent	$723	$707
Housing units	359	323
Homeownership rate	42.2%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
Population	964 → 800 (-17.0%)	801 → 554 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $49,662 (+17.4%)	$43,333 → $41,875 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $123,700 (+46.0%)	$128,100 → $158,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $723 (+18.7%)	$596 → $707 (+18.6%)

Mifflintown

Population

964800

Median household income

$42,292$49,662

Median home value

$84,700$123,700

Median gross rent

$609$723

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)

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
Under 5	2.3%	8.5%
5 to 17	20.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	6.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
No high school diploma	28.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	47.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
Drove alone	73.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
1-unit, detached	37.0%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	24.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Mifflintown	Thompsontown
Poverty rate	10.3%	22.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1938	1963