Work & commute · Prospect Park

Work & commute in Prospect Park, PA

Most working residents leave Prospect Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (22%), Ridley (4%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 3,078 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,972 Prospect Park residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 1,259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prospect Park.

2,972live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

1,259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prospect Park goes to work

Philadelphia12.5 mi away

22%670

Ridley1 mi away

4%137

Prospect Park (in town)right here

3%106

Springfield3.3 mi away

3%94

Tinicum3.3 mi away

3%80

Lower Merion10 mi away

2%67

Media4.9 mi away

2%58

Tredyffrin14.6 mi away

2%58

Chester4.4 mi away

2%56

Upper Merion14.6 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,697

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

How far

How far Prospect Park commutes

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

63%

26%

63%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prospect Park is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prospect Park are

1,365 jobs are based in Prospect Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prospect Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prospect Park

1,365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Prospect Park residents hold

3,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−13%

Jobs based in Prospect Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,577 → 1,365. 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.