Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainProspect has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 12 jobs in Prospect for 261 working residents. Hardly any work in Prospect itself; outside it, Belfast draws the most (22%, 12 miles). 6% of workers work from home (Maine 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Prospect: the gist
Prospect is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Prospect, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prospect has about 450 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Prospect and Belfast trade workers both ways
Belfast is the top workplace for Prospect residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Prospect come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Prospect workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 61 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Prospect
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Prospect on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Prospect to work: where people go
Where Prospect clocks in
22% of workers
14% 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.
Prospect’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prospect workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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 kinds of work in Prospect
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 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 Prospect’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Prospect
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.
14% of Prospect works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Searsport (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | – | — | — | 33 min | $81,250 |
| Frankfort | under 2% | C− | C− | 32 min | $80,000 |
| Bucksport | 4% | C | D | 28 min | $64,720 |
| Searsport | 10% | C | C− | 22 min | $64,303 |
| Stockton Springs | under 2% | C− | C | 30 min | $74,886 |
| Verona Island | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Verona Island: 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 median household income in Prospect?
$81,250 (±$17,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prospect?
7.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prospect?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prospect work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belfast (22%, 12 mi), Bangor (14%, 19 mi), Searsport (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prospect without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.