Work & commute · Princeville

Work & commute in Princeville, NC

Most working residents leave Princeville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tarboro (27%), Rocky Mount (13%) and Greenville (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 432 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 428 Princeville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeville.

428live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princeville goes to work

Tarboro2 mi away

27%118

Rocky Mount16.6 mi away

13%56

Greenville21.9 mi away

9%38

Raleigh62.4 mi away

5%23

Wilson25 mi away

3%12

Goldsboro43.1 mi away

2%9

Durham76.8 mi away

2%7

Charlotte191.4 mi away

1%6

Scotland Neck17.8 mi away

1%4

Princeville (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%155

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

How far

How far Princeville commutes

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

31%

35%

10%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princeville is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeville are

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

Jobs based in Princeville

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Princeville residents hold

432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−36%

Jobs based in Princeville, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 116. 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.