Work & commute · Prosper

Work & commute in Prosper, TX

Most working residents leave Prosper for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (17%), Plano (16%) and Frisco (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,459 of 16,423 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,964 Prosper residents head out of town to work, 1,459 work right here, and 10,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prosper.

14,964live here, work elsewhere

1,459live and work here

10,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prosper goes to work

Dallas31 mi away

17%2,728

Plano13.6 mi away

16%2,658

Prosper (in town)right here

9%1,459

Frisco6 mi away

9%1,457

Irving28.1 mi away

5%850

McKinney8.7 mi away

4%685

Addison19.2 mi away

3%488

Richardson19.4 mi away

3%482

Fort Worth44.6 mi away

3%442

Carrollton18.2 mi away

2%392

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,782

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.

22%

44%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prosper is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prosper are

11,959 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

11,959 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Prosper residents hold

16,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+617%

Jobs based in Prosper, 2013 → 2023: 1,669 → 11,959. 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.