Prospect Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Prospect Township report 208 jobs, and 681 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Prospect Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). Measured by household income, Prospect Township is behind 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Prospect Township
Prospect Township and El Dorado trade workers both ways
El Dorado is the top workplace for Prospect Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Prospect Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Prospect Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 681 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Prospect Township
Job access by car holds Prospect Township’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($59,167, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Prospect Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Prospect Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
22% of working residents work in El Dorado
Where Prospect Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
Getting to work from Prospect Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prospect Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
The daily flow of workers through Prospect Township
On a workday 670 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Prospect Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Jobs in Prospect Township: what the 208 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 208. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Prospect Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Prospect Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 308 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.9% of Prospect Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prospect Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Prospect Township places 2,959th of 4,868 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 39 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Kechi KS | 2,375 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | <1% | A+ |
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| 2,957 | Ebensburg PA | 3,228 | $58K | 9.5% | 5.3% | 12% | C |
| 2,958 | Harrison Township IN | 1,895 | $88K | 15.1% | 0.3% | 6% | C |
| 2,959 | Prospect Township KS | 2,548 | $59K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,960 | Au Sable NY | 3,124 | $95K | 12.0% | 5.4% | 10% | C |
| 2,961 | Hamilton City CA | 2,267 | $66K | 7.6% | 5.7% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Prospect Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Next door is work for 25% of Prospect Township
The biggest share goes to El Dorado (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Township | – | C | C− | 31 min | $59,167 |
| El Dorado | 22% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $59,180 |
| El Dorado Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chelsea Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Rosalia Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Little Walnut Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. El Dorado Township, Chelsea Township and Rosalia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Little Walnut Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prospect Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prospect Township?
$59,167 (±$27,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prospect Township?
10.5%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prospect Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prospect Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Dorado (22%, 6 mi), Wichita (21%, 34 mi), Leon (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Prospect Township walkable?
Prospect Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prospect Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prospect Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prospect Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.