Mizpah has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. There are 12 jobs in Mizpah for 26 working residents. Hardly any work in Mizpah itself; outside it, International Falls draws the most (31%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Mizpah
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Mizpah on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Mizpah to work: where people go
Where Mizpah clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mizpah works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mizpah, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mizpah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mizpah
of Mizpah workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Mizpah’s workers travel
About 65% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mizpah: questions
What is the median household income in Mizpah?
$73,333 (±$18,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mizpah?
12.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mizpah work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are International Falls (31%, 59 mi), Big Falls (12%, 26 mi), Northome (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mizpah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mizpah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mizpah
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.