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Jobs & commute in Prosser

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Prosser works elsewhere

Home is the office for 0% of workers; Nebraska has 11%. 6 jobs are based in Prosser, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Prosser; the top destination outside it is Hastings (42%, 12 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Prosser quiets down on a workday

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night78
Workday48
78live here− 36head out to work+ 6come in to work= 48on a workday

About 48 people are in Prosser on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Prosser commutes to

ConcordiaRoseland: 1 residents work here (3%)ProsserDoniphan: 1 residents work here (3%)Alda: 1 residents work here (3%)Bertrand: 1 residents work here (3%)Kenesaw: 2 residents work here (6%)Broken Bow: 1 residents work here (3%)Geneva: 1 residents work here (3%)Aurora: 1 residents work here (3%)Hastings: 15 residents work here (42%)Kearney: 2 residents work here (6%)HastingsKenesawKearneyRoselandDoniphanAldaProsser
1
Hastings11.7 mi away
42%15
2
Kenesaw6.3 mi away
6%2
3
Kearney26.4 mi away
6%2
4
Roseland15.1 mi away
3%1
5
Doniphan12.4 mi away
3%1
6
Alda13.7 mi away
3%1
7
Bertrand56.4 mi away
3%1
8
Broken Bow74.3 mi away
3%1
9
Geneva52.6 mi away
3%1
10
Aurora32.3 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%10
The top trips

Where Prosser 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

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Prosser

Jobs based in ProsserJobs Prosser residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%25%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month83%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%64%

Who does it

29 or younger67%25%
30 to 540%33%
55 and older33%42%
+100%

Jobs based in Prosser, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 6. 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 Prosser’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Prosser spends getting to work: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Prosser25 min
Nebraska19 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Prosser workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Prosser gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Carpool

Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% 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.

How far

How far Prosser’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHastings: 42% · 11.7 miKenesaw: 6% · 6.3 miKearney: 6% · 26.4 miRoseland: 3% · 15.1 miDoniphan: 3% · 12.4 miAlda: 3% · 13.7 miBertrand: 3% · 56.4 miBroken Bow: 3% · 74.3 miGeneva: 3% · 52.6 miAurora: 3% · 32.3 miHastings 42%Kenesaw 6%Kearney 6%Roseland 3%Doniphan 3%Prosser
ProsserTop destinations (size = commuters)
11%Under 10 mi4 residents
58%10–24 mi21 residents
11%25–50 mi4 residents
19%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 19% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Prosser: questions

What is the median household income in Prosser?

$56,250 (±$11,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Prosser?

2.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Prosser?

25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Prosser work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hastings (42%, 12 mi), Kenesaw (6%, 6 mi), Kearney (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Prosser 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 Prosser, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Prosser

Prosser home →

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.