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Work & commute · Princeton

Work & commute in Princeton, WV

About one in 4 of Princeton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Beckley (6%), Bluefield (6%) and Charleston (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
26%
572 of 2,234 working residents
Typical commute
5 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,662 Princeton residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 5,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Princeton.

1,662live here, work elsewhere
572live and work here
5,463work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Princeton goes to work

BluefieldWythevilleAthensPrincetonWelchBluefieldOak HillSouth CharlestonBeckleyHuntingtonCharlestonBlandBrush ForkBluewellShady SpringBeckleyBluefieldCharlestonBluefieldWelchWythevilleSouth CharlestonBrush ForkBlandPrinceton
1
Princeton (in town)right here
26%572
2
Beckley28.2 mi away
6%125
3
Bluefield9.7 mi away
6%124
4
Charleston73.7 mi away
2%48
5
Bluefield, VA13.5 mi away
2%47
6
Welch27.5 mi away
1%17
7
Wytheville, VA28.7 mi away
1%14
8
South Charleston75.1 mi away
1%14
9
Brush Fork10.1 mi away
1%14
10
Bland, VA18.6 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%1,246

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.

58%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Princeton is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Princeton are

6,035 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

6,035 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Princeton residents hold

2,234 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month47%
−8%

Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 6,592 → 6,035. 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.

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