Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Prospect
0% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Hardly any work in Prospect; the top destination outside it is French Lick (15%, 3 miles). There are 66 jobs in Prospect, and 48 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Prospect
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Prospect on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Prospect ends
Where Prospect clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Prospect
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 66. 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 Prospect’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Prospect
of Prospect workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Prospect works
About 23% 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.
Prospect and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | – | — | — | — | — |
| West Baden Springs | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Baden Springs: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prospect’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Prospect: questions
What is the poverty rate in Prospect?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Prospect work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are French Lick (15%, 3 mi), Jasper (10%, 22 mi), Orleans (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prospect 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 Prospect, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prospect
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.