Photo: Publichall · Public domainHow Prescott works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Prescott for work; outside it, Pasco is the main destination (26%, 39 miles). 4% of workers work from home (Washington 20%). Working residents average 39 minutes each way, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Prescott: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).
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 Prescott’s working residents head each day
Where Prescott clocks in
26% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
65% of the jobs in Prescott pay over $3,333 a month
119 jobs are based in Prescott.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prescott, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 119. 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 Prescott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Prescott spends getting to work: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prescott workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
How many miles Prescott commutes
About 28% 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.
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 Prescott: questions
What is the median household income in Prescott?
$70,568 (±$30,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prescott?
14.7%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prescott?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prescott work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pasco (26%, 39 mi), Kennewick (15%, 42 mi), Walla Walla (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Prescott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prescott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prescott
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.