Mizpah has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Mizpah itself; outside it, Atlantic City draws the most (15%, 22 miles). Mizpah has 15 jobs, against 211 working residents. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mizpah stands out on work
Mizpah is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Mizpah, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mizpah has about 280 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mizpah workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mizpah on a workday afternoon
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Mizpah on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Working from home in Mizpah
of Mizpah workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Mizpah goes to work
Where Mizpah clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workersLines 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: 40% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mizpah, 2014 → 2024: 10 → 15. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mizpah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mizpah
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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?
$51,350 (±$900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mizpah?
23.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mizpah work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (15%, 22 mi), Hamilton Township (12%, 5 mi), Egg Harbor Township (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
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), 2024, 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.