Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Trenton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 16 jobs in Trenton, against 300 working residents. Hardly any work in Trenton itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (19%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, next to 22 for Utah and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Trenton: the figures worth knowing
Trenton is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Trenton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trenton has about 260 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Trenton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Trenton on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
The commute from Trenton, by distance
About 37% 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.
Where Trenton goes to work
Where Trenton clocks in
19% of workers
10% 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.
Trenton works in goods: 88% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 16. 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 Trenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Trenton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trenton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 Trenton: questions
What is the median household income in Trenton?
$95,313 (±$22,500) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trenton?
4.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trenton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trenton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (19%, 13 mi), Salt Lake City (10%, 79 mi), North Logan (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trenton without a car?
0% 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 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), 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.