Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, GA

About one in 5 of Trenton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (30%), Atlanta (2%) and Fort Oglethorpe (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

199 of 902 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 703 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 2,298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

703live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

2,298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Chattanooga, TN19.9 mi away

30%274

Trenton (in town)right here

22%199

Atlanta98.7 mi away

2%19

Fort Oglethorpe15.5 mi away

2%15

East Ridge, TN18.1 mi away

1%11

Lookout Mountain10.5 mi away

1%10

Rossville14.3 mi away

1%8

Dalton31.3 mi away

1%7

Cleveland, TN41.8 mi away

1%7

Ringgold22.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%346

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Trenton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

43%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a job hub

2.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

2,497 jobs are based in Trenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trenton

2,497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+28%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 1,957 → 2,497. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.