Princeton Meadows has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Princeton Meadows has 1,036 jobs, and 7,126 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Princeton Meadows itself; outside it, Plainsboro Township draws the most (8%, 1 miles). Home is the office for 33% of workers, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Princeton Meadows
A lot of Princeton Meadows works from home
33% of Princeton Meadows workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. Time on the road ↓
Princeton Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 1,036 jobs based in Princeton Meadows, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Princeton Meadows has about 9,500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Princeton Meadows’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Princeton Meadows is New York City, NY, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (577) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Princeton Meadows is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Three in four Princeton Meadows workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Princeton Meadows’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
About 34 minutes each way for Princeton Meadows’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Princeton Meadows workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,442 commuters (the 33% 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.
Princeton Meadows quiets down on a workday
On a workday 7,030 residents head out to work, 96 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Princeton Meadows on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
How far Princeton Meadows’ workers travel
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 Meadows is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Princeton Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 1,270 → 1,036. 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 Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Princeton Meadows goes to work
Where Princeton Meadows clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Around Princeton Meadows: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to South Brunswick Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Princeton Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Meadows | – | — | — | 34 min | $131,213 |
| Cranbury Township | under 3% | A | A− | 33 min | $216,691 |
| South Brunswick Township | 5% | A | A− | 34 min | $150,933 |
| Plainsboro Center | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainsboro Center: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Princeton Meadows’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 Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Princeton Meadows?
$131,213 (±$12,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Princeton Meadows?
5.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Princeton Meadows?
34 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Princeton Meadows work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plainsboro Township (8%, 1 mi), New York City (8%, 40 mi), West Windsor Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Princeton Meadows without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Princeton Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Princeton Meadows
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.