Best PlacesMifflin, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mifflin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mifflin ranks 25,957th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on big-city access, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mifflin
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Mifflin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mifflin ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Mifflin ranks low
- Short commute34.6 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mifflin
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mifflin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,351, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Mifflin's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mifflin
Mifflin's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mifflin.
Who works in Mifflin, and how
Work in Mifflin centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mifflin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mifflin.
What the weather is like in Mifflin, month by month
Mifflin sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mifflin
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mifflin
Schools across Mifflin average a B−, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blain El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Lewistown Intrmd SchB+ · 51% proficient
- Juniata El SchB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tuscarora MsC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Juniata ShsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mifflin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mifflin measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Mifflin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mifflin
Is Mifflin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mifflin ranks 25,957th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mifflin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,041. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,351 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Mifflin safe?
Yes, Mifflin is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Mifflin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mifflin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mifflin represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Mifflin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mifflin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mifflin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mifflin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mifflin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mifflin detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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