Census-designated place · Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania

Mifflinville is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA metro area. It has 1,193 residents. Mifflinville, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,679 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #813 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), math scores (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on dental care shortage (high), new business applications (low) and job growth (low).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,679 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #813 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,193 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 744.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4249312

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety59#6,425/15,637
Economy17#12,979/15,631
Housing42#8,675/14,977
Health60#6,196/15,609
Healthcare56#6,889/15,650
Environment36#9,862/15,453
Education93#1,154/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,264/15,650
Community55#7,062/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,891/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mifflinville, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Columbia County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Math scores · high3.44
92/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Social associations · high15.1 /10k
92/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Mammography screening · high55.0%
91/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationColumbia County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationColumbia County value

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Pennsylvania 4.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationColumbia County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauColumbia County value
Job growth · low-2.5%
9/100Pennsylvania -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataColumbia County value
Mental health providers · low89 /100k
13/100Pennsylvania 308 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Median household income · low$48,173
14/100Pennsylvania $77,532United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.493
15/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,129 (2015-2019) → 1,193 (2020-2024)
+5.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.7% (2015-2019) → 52.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.4% (2015-2019) → 35.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+65%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
80.0% (2015-2019) → 70.2% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.4% (2015-2019) → 31.6% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mifflinville, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+1.8×2.7× → 4.5×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Mifflinville, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	70.2%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	1.29%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+1.8×	Declined	6%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.074	Within the margin of error	9%
Median household income	$49,2082015-2019	$48,1732020-2024	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	6%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mifflinville, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mifflinville, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mifflinville, Pennsylvania itself moved −11.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,193 residents (±290)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−10.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,193 residents (±290)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White95%1,137
Black1.4%†17
Hispanic or Latino2.9%†35
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.3%†4

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

935 residents (±204)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma2.9%†27
High school or GED57%529
Some college5.0%†47
Associate degree4.0%†37
Bachelor's degree18%†169
Graduate degree13%†126

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+16.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

563 households (±117)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k37%†211
$25k–50k14%†80
$50k–75k10%†57
$75k–100k2.0%†11
$100k–150k29%†166
$150k–200k4.4%†25
$200k or more2.3%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+15.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

563 households (±117)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own78%441
Rent22%†122

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

73 households (±47)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00056%†41
$1,000–1,50044%†32

Home values

441 homes (±107)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k11%†48
$150k–250k74%326
$250k–400k8.2%†36

Age of homes

579 homes (±121)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later1.0%†6
2000–20090.9%†5
1980–199918%†

Size of homes

579 homes (±121)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.9%†34
2 bedrooms25%†146

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

562 workers (±148)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone79%444
Carpool0.5%†3
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.8%†10
Bike0.0%0
Work from home19%†105
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

457 workers (±134)

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min22%†100
15–29 min68%†309
30–44 min6.1%†28

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Columbia County, the county holding most of Mifflinville's residents.

Columbia County has 1,428 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Pennsylvania's), with 22,886 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,864. The Census Bureau also counts 3,804 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,428; 3,804 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 22,886
Average annual pay: $44,864; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Columbia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	134	20.4	0.98×About typical	1,536	$61,816	145
Restaurants and other eating places	127	19.3	1.05×About typical	2,200	$16,323	33
Specialty trade contractors	80	12.2	0.79×Fewer than typical	467	$70,662	328
Religious organizations	70	10.6	1.92×More than typical	233	$17,077	—
Full-service restaurants	58	8.8	1.15×About typical	1,091	$16,463	10
Limited-service restaurants	53	8.1	1.00×About typical	906	$16,044	16
Offices of physicians	52	7.9	1.22×About typical	368	$94,424	15
Construction of buildings	42	6.4	0.84×About typical	453	$48,064	136
Automotive repair and maintenance	41	6.2	1.24×About typical	120	$40,833	66
Services to buildings and dwellings	40	6.1	0.90×About typical	305	$44,623	210
Offices of other health practitioners	34	5.2	0.85×About typical	176	$38,665	77
Truck transportation	31	4.7	0.93×About typical	619	$51,814	120

Rank places for an industry Open Columbia County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 65,768 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mifflinville, Pennsylvania: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

25.2KFY2017
1.5KFY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Columbia County, PA ($1.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mifflinville is mostly in Columbia County.

See federal money in Columbia County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mifflinville, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Daniel MeuserR-PA-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Columbia County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA61

Other cities and towns in Columbia County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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