Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, IL

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Breese (7%), Belleville (7%) and St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 1,324 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,221 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Trenton (in town)right here

8%103

Breese8.7 mi away

7%90

Belleville17.7 mi away

7%88

St. Louis, MO30.3 mi away

6%86

Highland11.2 mi away

5%63

Aviston4.1 mi away

3%44

O'Fallon12.4 mi away

3%42

Sugar Creek1.6 mi away

3%37

Carlyle16.8 mi away

2%30

Edwardsville20.7 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%711

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.

34%

32%

23%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

816 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

816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

1,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+8%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 759 → 816. 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.