Work & commute · Pennington

Work & commute in Pennington, NJ

Most working residents leave Pennington for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (9%), Princeton (9%) and New York (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 1,366 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,255 Pennington residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 1,826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennington.

1,255live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

1,826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennington goes to work

Lawrence4.1 mi away

9%123

Princeton6.8 mi away

9%122

Pennington (in town)right here

8%111

New York, NY50.4 mi away

7%96

Trenton7.1 mi away

5%73

Hopewell2.5 mi away

5%71

West Windsor8.8 mi away

5%63

Hamilton10.2 mi away

4%49

Plainsboro11 mi away

3%46

Montgomery9.1 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%586

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

How far

How far Pennington commutes

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

51%

19%

20%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennington are

1,937 jobs are based in Pennington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pennington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pennington

1,937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Pennington residents hold

1,366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+2%

Jobs based in Pennington, 2013 → 2023: 1,895 → 1,937. 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.