Work & commute · Prospect

Work & commute in Prospect, CT

Most working residents leave Prospect for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (12%), New Haven (6%) and Cheshire (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

343 of 4,986 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,643 Prospect residents head out of town to work, 343 work right here, and 1,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prospect.

4,643live here, work elsewhere

343live and work here

1,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prospect goes to work

Waterbury5.2 mi away

12%577

Prospect (in town)right here

7%343

New Haven13.3 mi away

6%275

Cheshire3.8 mi away

5%250

Hartford23.9 mi away

3%153

New York, NY76.5 mi away

3%128

Naugatuck4 mi away

2%123

Shelton15.9 mi away

2%123

Watertown10.9 mi away

2%122

Wallingford9.3 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,771

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Prospect commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

43%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prospect is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Prospect are

1,943 jobs are based in Prospect. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prospect’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prospect

1,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Prospect residents hold

4,986 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+16%

Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 1,681 → 1,943. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.