Work & commute · Princeton

Work & commute in Princeton, IN

About one in 4 of Princeton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Patoka (26%), Evansville (13%) and Vincennes (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

854 of 3,709 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 2,855 Princeton residents head out of town to work, 854 work right here, and 3,267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeton.

2,855live here, work elsewhere

854live and work here

3,267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princeton goes to work

Patoka0.3 mi away

26%965

Princeton (in town)right here

23%854

Evansville25.4 mi away

13%482

Vincennes22.7 mi away

2%64

Jasper35.1 mi away

1%48

Scott15.4 mi away

1%47

Montgomery8.8 mi away

1%47

Ohio26.7 mi away

1%41

Center125.3 mi away

1%39

Center21.4 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,084

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.

53%

12%

19%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princeton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeton are

4,121 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

4,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Princeton residents hold

3,709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−8%

Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 4,501 → 4,121. 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.