100% of East Prospect’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave East Prospect for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are York (6%), West Manchester Township (6%) and York Township (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
477live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
47work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night850
Workday420
850live here− 480head out to work+ 47come in to work= 420on a workday
About 420 people are in East Prospect on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
Job hub or commuter town?
0.10 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.
The commute map
6% of working residents work in York
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
How far
Half of East Prospect commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East ProspectTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%
43%
14%
10%
32%Under 10 mi152 residents
43%10–24 mi204 residents
14%25–50 mi67 residents
10%Over 50 mi47 residents
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
The jobs
East Prospect makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
49 jobs are based in East Prospect. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Prospect’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jobs based in East ProspectJobs East Prospect residents hold
What kind of work
Goods: factories, building, farms31%28%
Trade, transport & utilities39%21%
Services: health, schools, offices31%51%
What it pays
$1,250 a month or less37%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%22%
Over $3,333 a month29%66%
Who does it
29 or younger20%19%
30 to 5431%51%
55 and older49%31%
−6%
Jobs based in East Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 49. 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.
Time on the road
About 28 minutes each way, about the PA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A year of commuting
213 hours
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
East Prospect28 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%
of East Prospect workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Every worker, home to work. The 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.
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Where the employer says. A 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.
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Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
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Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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.
6% of workers
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