Work & commute · Princeton

Work & commute in Princeton, MO

Most working residents leave Princeton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Morgan (19%), Trenton (7%) and Kansas City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

73 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 311 Princeton residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeton.

311live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princeton goes to work

Princeton (in town)right here

19%73

Morgan2.8 mi away

19%73

Trenton21.8 mi away

7%27

Kansas City101.6 mi away

4%16

Bethany24.9 mi away

2%9

Mercer8.5 mi away

2%8

Milan27.9 mi away

2%7

North Kansas City101.1 mi away

2%6

Chillicothe41.6 mi away

2%6

Maryville67.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%154

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.

44%

13%

11%

32%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princeton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeton are

368 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

368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Princeton residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−10%

Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 368. 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.