Work & commute · Plainsboro

Work & commute in Plainsboro, NJ

Most working residents leave Plainsboro for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Princeton (6%) and West Windsor (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

986 of 11,385 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,399 Plainsboro residents head out of town to work, 986 work right here, and 17,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainsboro.

10,399live here, work elsewhere

986live and work here

17,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainsboro goes to work

Plainsboro (in town)right here

9%986

New York, NY40.5 mi away

9%980

Princeton4.7 mi away

6%685

West Windsor4.1 mi away

5%611

South Brunswick4.5 mi away

4%480

Edison16.8 mi away

3%376

Lawrence7.9 mi away

3%344

Jersey City37.4 mi away

3%336

New Brunswick12.5 mi away

2%250

Hamilton10.4 mi away

2%228

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%6,109

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

How far

How far Plainsboro commutes

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

35%

29%

31%

35%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainsboro is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainsboro are

18,211 jobs are based in Plainsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plainsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plainsboro

18,211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Plainsboro residents hold

11,385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+25%

Jobs based in Plainsboro, 2013 → 2023: 14,614 → 18,211. 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.