Pengra Bridge · Photo: Chris Phan from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania · CC BY-SA 2.0Trent has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Trent for work; outside it, Eugene is the main destination (26%, 15 miles). Employers in Trent report 25 jobs for 129 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 19% across Oregon.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Trent
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Trent on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Trent to work: where people go
Where Trent clocks in
26% of workers
15% 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.
A place that makes things: 68% of Trent’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trent, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 25. 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 Trent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Trent spends getting to work: 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 Trent workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Trent works
About 27% 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 2023.
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 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 Trent: questions
What is the poverty rate in Trent?
46.2%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trent?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trent work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eugene (26%, 15 mi), Springfield (15%, 10 mi), Lowell (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trent
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.