Work & commute · Prosser

Work & commute in Prosser, WA

About one in 5 of Prosser’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richland (8%), Sunnyside (8%) and Kennewick (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

555 of 2,575 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,020 Prosser residents head out of town to work, 555 work right here, and 2,890 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prosser.

2,020live here, work elsewhere

555live and work here

2,890work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prosser goes to work

Prosser (in town)right here

22%555

Richland23.3 mi away

8%214

Sunnyside13.5 mi away

8%200

Kennewick28.3 mi away

6%153

Grandview7.2 mi away

6%152

Pasco31.1 mi away

5%119

Seattle156.1 mi away

2%62

Yakima45.6 mi away

1%37

Spokane149.2 mi away

1%22

Othello51.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,040

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

How far

How far Prosser commutes

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

34%

23%

22%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prosser is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prosser are

3,445 jobs are based in Prosser. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prosser’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prosser

3,445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Prosser residents hold

2,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+18%

Jobs based in Prosser, 2013 → 2023: 2,917 → 3,445. 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.