Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, MI

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Dearborn (8%) and Wyandotte (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

579 of 8,200 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,621 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 579 work right here, and 3,824 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

7,621live here, work elsewhere

579live and work here

3,824work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Detroit17.4 mi away

12%1,017

Dearborn12 mi away

8%623

Trenton (in town)right here

7%579

Wyandotte5.2 mi away

4%320

Taylor7 mi away

4%320

Romulus10.6 mi away

4%315

Southfield23.4 mi away

3%284

Livonia20 mi away

3%270

Southgate4.5 mi away

3%254

Woodhaven2.2 mi away

3%251

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,967

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%

41%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

4,403 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

4,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

8,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+38%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2011 → 2021: 3,195 → 4,403. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.