Work & commute · Prospect

Work & commute in Prospect, PA

Most working residents leave Prospect for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (11%), Butler (9%) and Butler (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 490 Prospect residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prospect.

490live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prospect goes to work

Pittsburgh32 mi away

11%54

Butler7.3 mi away

9%43

Butler8.4 mi away

7%33

Cranberry13.4 mi away

6%30

Franklin2.6 mi away

4%18

Jackson8.6 mi away

4%18

Center6.6 mi away

3%16

Muddy Creek4.2 mi away

2%11

Zelienople9.1 mi away

2%8

Slippery Rock11.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%259

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.

32%

31%

28%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prospect is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prospect are

143 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

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Prospect residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−26%

Jobs based in Prospect, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 143. 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.