Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, ME

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (22%), Bar Harbor (20%) and Hancock (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 670 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 616 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

616live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Ellsworth9.2 mi away

22%146

Bar Harbor7.8 mi away

20%132

Trenton (in town)right here

8%54

Hancock6.6 mi away

5%34

Bangor31.9 mi away

5%31

Lamoine3.9 mi away

3%23

Mount Desert9.6 mi away

3%22

Southwest Harbor14.9 mi away

3%19

Portland106.1 mi away

3%18

Augusta66.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%180

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.

44%

27%

11%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

723 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

723 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 733 → 723. 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.