Prosper has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
5.5% of residents are in poverty (Texas 13.8%). The two grades for Prosper are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 36% of workers, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Prosper and work: the main findings
Jobs in Prosper have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Prosper went from 1,669 in 2013 to 11,959 in 2023, +617%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Prosper works from home
36% of Prosper workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Prosper’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Prosper is Dallas, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (2,728) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Prosper
75% of Prosper residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Prosper pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Prosper
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Prosper is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #120 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Prosper’s grade up ($195,281, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prosper could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Prosper
11,959 jobs are based in Prosper.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prosper, 2013 → 2023: 1,669 → 11,959. 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 Prosper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Prosper: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prosper workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,470 commuters (the 36% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 distance from Prosper to work
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 Prosper: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 14,964 residents head out to work, 1,459 work right here, and 10,500 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Prosper on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Prosper 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.
Most trips from Prosper start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prosper is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #422 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,824 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Prosper households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prosper’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 32,000 to 62,000, Prosper ranks 232nd of 969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Princeton TX | 43,524 | $105K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 230 | Des Plaines IL | 58,772 | $98K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 9% | A |
| 231 | Mentor OH | 47,010 | $89K | 5.2% | 2.9% | 24% | A |
| 232 | Prosper TX | 45,605 | $195K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 9% | A |
| 233 | Brookhaven GA | 59,643 | $118K | 10.3% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 234 | Oswego Township IL | 61,778 | $114K | 5.2% | 4.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Prosper, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Prosper and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Frisco (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prosper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosper | – | A | C | 30 min | $195,281 |
| Celina | under 3% | A+ | D | 33 min | $170,894 |
| McKinney | 4% | A | B | 28 min | $124,215 |
| Savannah | under 3% | A− | C | 40 min | $142,868 |
| Frisco | 9% | A | B | 29 min | $150,212 |
| Little Elm | under 3% | B+ | C | 35 min | $119,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prosper’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 Prosper: questions
What is the median household income in Prosper?
$195,281 (±$12,809) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prosper?
5.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prosper?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prosper work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (17%, 31 mi), Plano (16%, 14 mi), Frisco (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Prosper walkable?
Prosper is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prosper without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prosper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prosper
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.