Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Prospect Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Employers in Prospect Township report 209 jobs, and 847 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Prospect Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Prospect Township in brief
Prospect Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Prospect Township is Columbus, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (97) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Prospect Township is a place people come home to
There are 209 jobs based in Prospect Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prospect Township has about 1,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Prospect Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 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 847 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Prospect Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prospect Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How far it is to work from Prospect Township
About 18% 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.
A workday in Prospect Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 833 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Prospect Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Prospect Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prospect Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 956 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
11% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Prospect Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
In Prospect Township, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect Township, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 209. 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.
Getting around Prospect Township: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 993 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). 1.2% of Prospect Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prospect Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,145th of 5,509: where Prospect Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,143 | Lyme NH | 1,715 | $134K | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,144 | Liberty Township OH | 1,673 | $98K | 4.0% | 1.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,145 | Prospect Township OH | 2,011 | $84K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,146 | Mahoning Township PA | 2,649 | $65K | 5.3% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,147 | Hubbard WI | 1,785 | $91K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Ohio.
Next door to Prospect Township
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Township | – | B+ | C | 29 min | $83,796 |
| Pleasant Township | 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $96,049 |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Waldo Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 29 min | $90,114 |
| Green Camp Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 63 min | $102,833 |
| Radnor Township | under 2% | A | D− | 37 min | $116,964 |
| Claibourne Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $66,163 |
Same-state neighbors only. Thompson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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?
$83,796 (±$17,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prospect Township?
6.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prospect Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prospect Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (11%, 35 mi), Marion (11%, 9 mi), Delaware (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Prospect Township walkable?
Prospect Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prospect Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.