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Princeton town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Princeton town is a Census town of 1,658 people across 1.16 square miles of land, in Johnston County. Median household income is $45,500, 49.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m.
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Princeton
What Princeton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.16 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,424 plus or minus 540
- County holding the largest share of its areaJohnston County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Princeton
How many people live in Princeton
- Population1,658 plus or minus 629
- Median age34.0 plus or minus 10.2
- Population under 18511 plus or minus 276
- Share under 1830.8 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Population 65 and over269 plus or minus 104
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households664 plus or minus 176
- Family households397 plus or minus 136
- Share of households that are families59.8 percent plus or minus 13.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Princeton
Income and work in Princeton
- Median household income$45,500 plus or minus $25,915
- Per capita income$25,664 plus or minus $7,087
- Civilian labor force677 plus or minus 200
- Employed659 plus or minus 200
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over1,067 plus or minus 312
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.4 percent plus or minus 29.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Princeton
Housing in Princeton
- Housing units784 plus or minus 186
- Occupied units664 plus or minus 176
- Vacant units120 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate15.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied330 plus or minus 98
- Renter occupied334 plus or minus 136
- Ownership rate49.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$215,400 plus or minus $84,847
- Median gross rent, monthly$690
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Single family units543 plus or minus 123
- Share single family69.3 percent plus or minus 22.7
- Units in buildings of two or more146 plus or minus 93
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Mobile homes95 plus or minus 102
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Princeton
How Princeton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute631 plus or minus 200
- Commuting under 15 minutes62 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more228 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Drove alone91.9 percent
- Carpooled1.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Princeton
SBA loans in Princeton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$2,984,000
- Average approval$497,333
- Median approval$565,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$894,000
- Largest approval$894,000
- Jobs supported53
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Princeton
Flood risk in Princeton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370485
- Currently effective map date06/20/18
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Johnston County, not Princeton
Johnston County context, not Princeton figures
These are Johnston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Princeton measurements.
- Establishments in Johnston County4,151
- Employment at those establishments, Johnston County49,067
- Covered employment, Johnston County61,005
- Average annual pay, Johnston County$55,305
- Average weekly wage, Johnston County$1,064
- Housing units permitted, Johnston County2,783
- Of those, single family, Johnston County2,775
- County product, 2024, Johnston County$11,573,120,000
- County product change over the prior year, Johnston County10.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Johnston County$64,727
Every figure in this section is published for Johnston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Princeton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Princeton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Princeton, North Carolina?
1,658, in 664 households. Princeton town covers 1.16 square miles of land, which is 1,424 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Princeton in?
Johnston County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Princeton?
$45,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $215,400. Median gross rent is $690 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Princeton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.0 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $565,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Princeton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Princeton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Princeton. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Princeton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Princeton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370485, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Princeton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Johnston County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Princeton.
Is zoning published for Princeton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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