Mifflin, Pennsylvania

This article is about the borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Mifflin, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Borough
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Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Juniata
Settled	1849
Incorporated	1853
Area
• Total	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation	456 ft (139 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	642
• Density	3,506.9/sq mi (1,344.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code	17058
Area code(s)	717

Mifflin is a borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 642 at the 2010 census.

History

1895 bird's-eye-view of Mifflin, then known as Patterson

Mifflin was founded as the town of Patterson. At one time, Mifflin, as well as the small community of Denholm lying directly north of the town, was an important stop along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Those tracks still travel through the town, although they are now owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway. Local legend holds that the railroad once considered placing its machine shop functions in Mifflin, which would undoubtedly have led to the establishment of Mifflin as an important Pennsylvania industrial center. However, the railroad placed those functions in the city of Altoona.

The Pennsylvania Railroad depot still stands in Mifflin, although it has long been abandoned. Mifflin is named after Thomas Mifflin, the 1st Governor of Pennsylvania.

Geography

Mifflin is located at (40.568262, -77.403496).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1910	885		—
1920	965		9.0%
1930	913		−5.4%
1940	860		−5.8%
1950	835		−2.9%
1960	745		−10.8%
1970	640		−14.1%
1980	648		1.3%
1990	660		1.9%
2000	627		−5.0%
2010	642		2.4%
Est. 2014	632		−1.6%
Sources:

As of the census of 2000, there were 627 people, 234 households, and 165 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,506.9 people per square mile (1,344.9/km²). There were 260 housing units at an average density of 1,454.2 per square mile (557.7/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 92.82% White, 1.28% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 3.83% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.38% of the population.

There were 234 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $26,438, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $27,386 versus $19,044 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $12,843. About 14.9% of families and 17.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.0% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.