Work & commute · Prospect

Work & commute in Prospect, KS

Most working residents leave Prospect for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are El Dorado (22%), Wichita (21%) and Leon (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 681 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 670 Prospect residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prospect.

670live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prospect goes to work

El Dorado5.7 mi away

22%153

Wichita33.7 mi away

21%144

Leon10 mi away

6%39

Topeka101 mi away

3%21

El Dorado9.6 mi away

3%21

Overland Park133.7 mi away

2%16

Augusta14.9 mi away

2%15

Andover22.8 mi away

2%12

Prospect (in town)right here

2%11

Hutchinson64.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%240

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.

36%

13%

29%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prospect is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prospect are

208 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

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Prospect residents hold

681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+225%

Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 208. 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.