Work & commute · Trent Woods

Work & commute in Trent Woods, NC

Most working residents leave Trent Woods for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Bern (45%), Raleigh (3%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,763 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,677 Trent Woods residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trent Woods.

1,677live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trent Woods goes to work

New Bern1.4 mi away

45%790

Trent Woods (in town)right here

5%86

Raleigh101.4 mi away

3%50

Greenville39 mi away

3%47

Jacksonville29.8 mi away

3%46

James City5.9 mi away

2%41

Havelock16.2 mi away

2%40

Wilmington75.3 mi away

2%31

Morehead City31.7 mi away

2%30

Durham118.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%577

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

How far

How far Trent Woods commutes

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

56%

13%

24%

56%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trent Woods is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trent Woods are

613 jobs are based in Trent Woods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trent Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trent Woods

613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Trent Woods residents hold

1,763 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+40%

Jobs based in Trent Woods, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 613. 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.