Most of Lawrenceville commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 32% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Jersey. Employers in Lawrenceville report 843 jobs, against 1,730 working residents. Only 4% work in Lawrenceville itself; outside it, Lawrence Township draws the most (15%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lawrenceville, in a few figures
Jobs in Lawrenceville have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lawrenceville went from 388 in 2014 to 843 in 2024, +117%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lawrenceville works from home
32% of Lawrenceville workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrenceville, 2014 → 2024: 388 → 843. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrenceville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,350 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Lawrenceville
On a workday 1,668 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 781 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Lawrenceville on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Lawrenceville’s residents
Where Lawrenceville clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Lawrenceville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Lawrenceville: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrenceville?
$122,614 (±$54,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrenceville?
0.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrenceville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrenceville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (15%, 1 mi), Princeton (11%, 5 mi), Trenton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lawrenceville without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrenceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrenceville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.