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Jobs & commute in Mizpah

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

What stands out · In brief

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.

★ What stands out · Day and night

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.

210live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night470
Workday280
470live here− 210head out to work+ 14come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Mizpah on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Working from home in Mizpah

Working from home
0%

of Mizpah workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mizpah gets to work
61%Drive alone
39%Carpool

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.

The commute map

Where Mizpah goes to work

NewfieldCollingswoodNorthfield: 4 residents work here (2%)LinwoodSomers Point: 5 residents work here (2%)Pleasantville: 10 residents work here (5%)Trenton: 4 residents work here (2%)Egg Harbor City: 4 residents work here (2%)Atlantic City: 31 residents work here (15%)HammontonVineland: 12 residents work here (6%)Monroe TownshipLittle Egg Harbor TownshipUpper TownshipWinslow TownshipGalloway Township: 9 residents work here (4%)Hamilton Township: 25 residents work here (12%)Egg Harbor Township: 15 residents work here (7%)MizpahAtlantic CityHamilton TownshipEgg Harbor TownshipVinelandPleasantvilleGalloway TownshipMizpah
1
Atlantic City21.9 mi away
15%31
212%25
37%15
4
Vineland8.5 mi away
6%12
5
Pleasantville18.7 mi away
5%10
6
Galloway Township19.4 mi away
4%9
7
Somers Point16.8 mi away
2%5
8
Northfield16.9 mi away
2%4
9
Trenton51.4 mi away
2%4
10
Egg Harbor City14.1 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%92
The top trips

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.

The jobs

Mizpah works in goods: 40% of its jobs

Jobs based in MizpahJobs Mizpah residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices60%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%27%
Over $3,333 a month53%64%

Who does it

29 or younger13%20%
30 to 5460%56%
55 and older27%23%
+50%

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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mizpah

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miAtlantic City: 15% · 21.9 miHamilton Township: 12% · 5.4 miEgg Harbor Township: 7% · 13.9 miVineland: 6% · 8.5 miPleasantville: 5% · 18.7 miGalloway Township: 4% · 19.4 miSomers Point: 2% · 16.8 miNorthfield: 2% · 16.9 miTrenton: 2% · 51.4 miEgg Harbor City: 2% · 14.1 miAtlantic City 15%Hamilton Township 12%Vineland 6%Pleasantville 5%Mizpah
MizpahTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi36 residents
55%10–24 mi115 residents
16%25–50 mi34 residents
12%Over 50 mi26 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

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.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mizpah

Mizpah home →

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.