Mifflin County vs Perry County

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

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

Mifflin County has the higher population (46,074 vs 45,988 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($78,824 vs $61,415 in Mifflin County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($222,800 vs $142,900 in Mifflin County).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflin County	Perry County
Population	46,074	45,988
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,415	$78,824
Median home value	$142,900	$222,800
Median gross rent	$792	$838
Housing units	21,425	20,010
Homeownership rate	71.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflin County	Perry County
Population	46,276 → 46,074 (-0.4%)	46,053 → 45,988 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$50,219 → $61,415 (+22.3%)	$63,718 → $78,824 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $142,900 (+21.2%)	$169,300 → $222,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $792 (+16.1%)	$792 → $838 (+5.8%)

Mifflin County

Population

46,27646,074

Median household income

$50,219$61,415

Median home value

$117,900$142,900

Median gross rent

$682$792

Perry County

Population

46,05345,988

Median household income

$63,718$78,824

Median home value

$169,300$222,800

Median gross rent

$792$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflin County	Perry County
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflin County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflin County	Perry County
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	48.6%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflin County	Perry County
Drove alone	79.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflin County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Mifflin County	Perry County
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1960	1977