Prospect Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. 45 jobs are based in Prospect Park, against 96 working residents. At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Prospect Park
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Prospect Park on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2024, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Emporium
Where Prospect Park clocks in
27% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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 Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect Park, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 45. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prospect Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Prospect Park: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prospect Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 Park works
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work next door: 27% of Prospect Park’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Park | – | — | — | 21 min | $49,583 |
| Emporium | 27% | D | A | 17 min | $42,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Emporium. Darker towns draw more of Prospect Park’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 2024, 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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Prospect Park?
$49,583 (±$29,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prospect Park?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prospect Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prospect Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporium (27%, 1 mi), St. Marys (11%, 17 mi), Shippen Township (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Prospect Park 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 Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prospect Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.