Work & commute · Princetown

Work & commute in Princetown, NY

Most working residents leave Princetown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (16%), Schenectady (15%) and Colonie (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 938 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 912 Princetown residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 684 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princetown.

912live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

684work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princetown goes to work

Albany17.4 mi away

16%146

Schenectady7.7 mi away

15%143

Colonie15.5 mi away

12%115

Rotterdam3.4 mi away

11%101

Niskayuna10.4 mi away

4%41

New York148.5 mi away

4%35

Glenville7.1 mi away

4%33

Princetown (in town)right here

3%26

Guilderland9.3 mi away

2%23

Clifton Park13.4 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%257

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

How far

How far Princetown commutes

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

36%

48%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princetown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Princetown are

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

Jobs based in Princetown

710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Princetown residents hold

938 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+74%

Jobs based in Princetown, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 710. 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.