Work & commute · Princeton

Work & commute in Princeton, IN

Most working residents leave Princeton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (15%), Wolcott (6%) and Monticello (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

122 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 642 Princeton residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 675 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeton.

642live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

675work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princeton goes to work

Lafayette27.9 mi away

15%112

Princeton (in town)right here

10%75

Wolcott2.4 mi away

6%47

Monticello13.2 mi away

5%36

West Lafayette24.2 mi away

4%32

Remington6.2 mi away

4%29

Rensselaer13.4 mi away

4%28

Round Grove12.9 mi away

2%19

Honey Creek7.4 mi away

2%15

Center83.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%358

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

How far

How far Princeton commutes

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

28%

26%

19%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princeton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeton are

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

Jobs based in Princeton

797 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Princeton residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+13%

Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 797. 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.