Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, MO

About one in 3 of Trenton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chillicothe (8%), Kansas City (7%) and St. Joseph (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

801 of 2,212 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,411 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 801 work right here, and 1,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

1,411live here, work elsewhere

801live and work here

1,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Trenton (in town)right here

36%801

Chillicothe20 mi away

8%170

Kansas City83.1 mi away

7%155

St. Joseph68.3 mi away

4%84

Milan26.6 mi away

2%47

Independence79.5 mi away

2%38

Cameron40.7 mi away

1%29

Liberty72.5 mi away

1%24

Gallatin22.5 mi away

1%23

Bethany26 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%818

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.

38%

14%

39%

38%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

2,240 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

2,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

2,212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−25%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 2,994 → 2,240. 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.