99% of Princeton Meadows’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Princeton Meadows for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Plainsboro Township (8%), New York (8%) and West Windsor Township (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
Work and commuting in Princeton Meadows, in brief
A lot of Princeton Meadows works from home
33% of Princeton Meadows workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Princeton Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 1,036 jobs based in Princeton Meadows, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Princeton Meadows has about 9,500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Princeton Meadows’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Princeton Meadows is New York, NY, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (577) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Princeton Meadows is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Three in four Princeton Meadows workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Princeton Meadows’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Princeton Meadows workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Princeton Meadows quiets down on a workday
On a workday 7,030 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Princeton Meadows on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Princeton Meadows commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,036 jobs are based in Princeton Meadows. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Princeton Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Princeton Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 1,270 → 1,036. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
8% of working residents work in Plainsboro Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Princeton Meadows clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Princeton Meadows and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to South Brunswick Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Princeton Meadows’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Princeton Meadows
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Princeton Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.