Mifflin County vs Wayne County

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

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

Wayne County has the higher population (51,189 vs 46,074 in Mifflin County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($62,182 vs $61,415 in Mifflin County). Wayne County has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $142,900 in Mifflin County).

Population, income & housing

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
Population	46,074	51,189
Median age	43.1 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,415	$62,182
Median home value	$142,900	$228,200
Median gross rent	$792	$979
Housing units	21,425	32,054
Homeownership rate	71.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
Population	46,276 → 46,074 (-0.4%)	51,422 → 51,189 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$50,219 → $61,415 (+22.3%)	$56,096 → $62,182 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $142,900 (+21.2%)	$181,300 → $228,200 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $792 (+16.1%)	$820 → $979 (+19.4%)

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

Wayne County

Population

51,42251,189

Median household income

$56,096$62,182

Median home value

$181,300$228,200

Median gross rent

$820$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	15.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
Drove alone	79.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Mifflin County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1960	1980