Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0At 1.3%, unemployment in Trenton is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Trenton are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten stay in Trenton for work; outside it, Utica is the main destination (22%, 12 miles). A typical one-way commute from Trenton lasts 23 minutes (New York 33, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Trenton stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Trenton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Trenton is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #211 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Trenton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Trenton could be anywhere from B− to A.
Getting to work from Trenton takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trenton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,753 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Trenton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,679 residents head out to work, 219 work right here, and 915 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Trenton on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Trenton to work: where people go
Where Trenton clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Trenton: 1,134 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trenton, 2014 → 2024: 933 → 1,134. 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 Trenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Trenton
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most trips from Trenton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Trenton is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #545 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Trenton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,065 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of Trenton households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,962 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700, Trenton comes 1,038th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,036 | Dryden Township MI | 4,809 | $104K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,037 | Bennington NY | 3,175 | $89K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,038 | Trenton NY | 4,215 | $89K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,039 | Ruscombmanor Township PA | 4,077 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,040 | Orange OH | 3,574 | $170K | 16.0% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Trenton, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door to Trenton
The biggest share goes to Marcy (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trenton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | – | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $88,807 |
| Russia | under 2% | C+ | D | 33 min | $86,116 |
| Floyd | under 2% | B+ | D− | 19 min | $98,297 |
| Marcy | 2% | A− | B | 22 min | $92,775 |
| Remsen | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $71,438 |
| Deerfield | 2% | A | C+ | 21 min | $101,029 |
| Steuben | under 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $66,181 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Trenton’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 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 Trenton: questions
What is the median household income in Trenton?
$88,807 (±$12,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trenton?
7.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trenton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trenton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (22%, 12 mi), Rome (7%, 15 mi), New Hartford (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Trenton walkable?
Trenton is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Trenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trenton
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. 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.