Work & commute · Prosper

Work & commute in Prosper, SD

Most working residents leave Prosper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (49%), Sioux Falls (13%) and Beulah (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 322 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 321 Prosper residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prosper.

321live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prosper goes to work

Mitchell7.3 mi away

49%157

Sioux Falls65.5 mi away

13%42

Beulah7.9 mi away

3%10

Rapid City260 mi away

3%9

Parkston16 mi away

2%7

Ethan5.9 mi away

2%6

Huron51.9 mi away

2%5

Mount Vernon12.9 mi away

1%4

Aberdeen129.1 mi away

1%4

Yankton60.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%75

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

How far

How far Prosper commutes

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

56%

32%

56%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prosper is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prosper are

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

Jobs based in Prosper

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Prosper residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in Prosper, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 32. 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.