Photo: Nyttend · Public domainProspect has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Prospect report 143 jobs, against 496 working residents. For jobs and income Prospect is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C). Only 1% work in Prospect; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (11%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Prospect, in a few figures
Prospect’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Prospect is Pittsburgh, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Prospect is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Prospect, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prospect has about 730 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 496 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Prospect’s grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Prospect’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Prospect’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Prospect could be anywhere from B to A.
Prospect’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Prospect
On a workday 490 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Prospect on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Prospect work
Where Prospect clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Prospect: what the 143 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 143. 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.
Commuting from Prospect: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prospect workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 12% 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.
Few in Prospect walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 555 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). 5.0% of Prospect households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prospect’s commuters take a bus or train.
Prospect next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 453rd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 451 | Robie Creek ID | 1,213 | $106K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 452 | Central City IA | 1,253 | $85K | 3.9% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 453 | Prospect PA | 1,086 | $88K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 1% | A− |
| 454 | Clinton MT | 1,040 | $104K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 455 | Sebewa Township MI | 1,147 | $96K | 4.8% | 4.7% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Prospect and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prospect workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect | – | A− | C | 27 min | $88,250 |
| Franklin Township | 4% | B | C | 24 min | $77,593 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$88,250 (±$14,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prospect?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prospect?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prospect work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (11%, 32 mi), Butler Township (9%, 7 mi), Butler (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Prospect walkable?
Prospect is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prospect 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, 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. 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.