Work & commute · Prosperity

Work & commute in Prosperity, SC

Most working residents leave Prosperity for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Newberry (14%), Columbia (7%) and Greenville (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 567 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 547 Prosperity residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prosperity.

547live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prosperity goes to work

Newberry6.1 mi away

14%77

Columbia38 mi away

7%42

Prosperity (in town)right here

4%20

Greenville64.1 mi away

2%14

Seven Oaks25 mi away

2%13

Helena8.1 mi away

2%12

Chapin11.3 mi away

2%11

West Columbia29 mi away

2%9

Greenwood35.8 mi away

1%8

Irmo20.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%354

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

How far

How far Prosperity commutes

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

44%

13%

25%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prosperity is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prosperity are

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

Jobs based in Prosperity

544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Prosperity residents hold

567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+30%

Jobs based in Prosperity, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 544. 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.