Prosser is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 6,366 people and four associated neighborhoods, Prosser is the 125th largest community in Washington.

Another important characteristic of Prosser is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

A relatively large number of people in Prosser telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Prosser does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Prosser who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.52% of the adults in Prosser have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Prosser in 2022 was $28,552, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,208 for a family of four. However, Prosser contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Prosser is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Prosser home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Prosser, accounting for 53.39% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Prosser residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Prosser include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Prosser is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.