Mifflin County vs Venango County

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

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

Venango County has the higher population (50,096 vs 46,074 in Mifflin County). Venango County has the higher median household income ($61,626 vs $61,415 in Mifflin County). Mifflin County has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $114,500 in Venango County).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflin County	Venango County
Population	46,074	50,096
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,415	$61,626
Median home value	$142,900	$114,500
Median gross rent	$792	$774
Housing units	21,425	26,203
Homeownership rate	71.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflin County	Venango County
Population	46,276 → 46,074 (-0.4%)	51,818 → 50,096 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$50,219 → $61,415 (+22.3%)	$49,945 → $61,626 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $142,900 (+21.2%)	$89,400 → $114,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $792 (+16.1%)	$622 → $774 (+24.4%)

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

Venango County

Population

51,81850,096

Median household income

$49,945$61,626

Median home value

$89,400$114,500

Median gross rent

$622$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflin County	Venango County
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.6%
75 and over	9.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflin County	Venango County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflin County	Venango County
No high school diploma	15.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflin County	Venango County
Drove alone	79.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflin County	Venango County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Mifflin County	Venango County
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1960	1959