Work & commute · Princeton

Work & commute in Princeton, WI

Most working residents leave Princeton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ripon (12%), Oshkosh (7%) and Green Lake (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 585 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 555 Princeton residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeton.

555live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Princeton goes to work

Ripon14.3 mi away

12%73

Oshkosh30.3 mi away

7%39

Princeton (in town)right here

5%30

Green Lake8.5 mi away

5%29

Berlin11.7 mi away

5%27

Princeton2.1 mi away

4%21

Fond du Lac34.6 mi away

3%19

Berlin10.8 mi away

2%14

Milwaukee79.8 mi away

2%13

Neenah38.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%308

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

How far

How far Princeton commutes

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

17%

33%

28%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Princeton is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeton are

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

Jobs based in Princeton

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Princeton residents hold

585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+6%

Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 331. 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.