With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Princeton works elsewhere
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami. Employers in Princeton report 3,352 jobs for 14,657 working residents. The two grades for Princeton are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Princeton: the gist
Princeton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Princeton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Princeton went from 1,734 in 2013 to 3,352 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
Princeton is a place people come home to
There are 3,352 jobs based in Princeton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Princeton has about 31,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Princeton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Princeton is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #245 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Princeton’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Princeton could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Commuting from Princeton: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Princeton workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,961 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Princeton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Princeton, 2013 → 2023: 1,734 → 3,352. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Princeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Princeton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 14,211 residents head out to work, 446 work right here, and 2,906 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Princeton on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Miami
Where Princeton clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Princeton to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Princeton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Princeton is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #139 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Princeton households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Princeton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,011 U.S. towns of 30,000 to 58,000, Princeton comes 597th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 595 | Ithaca NY | 33,632 | $49K | 30.4% | 7.3% | 17% | B |
| 596 | Pooler GA | 32,744 | $92K | 7.4% | 6.1% | 16% | B |
| 597 | Princeton FL | 42,625 | $83K | 10.5% | 5.1% | 3% | B |
| 598 | Navarre FL | 39,838 | $105K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 12% | B |
| 599 | Niles IL | 30,443 | $75K | 8.5% | 6.7% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Princeton, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
How Princeton compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Princeton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Princeton: questions
What is the median household income in Princeton?
$83,426 (±$7,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Princeton?
10.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Princeton?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Princeton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (15%, 20 mi), Kendall (6%, 9 mi), Homestead (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Princeton walkable?
Princeton is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Princeton without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Princeton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Princeton
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.