Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, ND

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (35%), Williston (9%) and Judson (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

20 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 173 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

173live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Williston12.2 mi away

35%67

Trenton (in town)right here

10%20

Williston10.1 mi away

9%17

Judson6.6 mi away

7%13

Minot118.8 mi away

4%8

Fargo337.9 mi away

4%8

Missouri Ridge14.3 mi away

4%7

Bismarck167.8 mi away

2%3

Springbrook22.5 mi away

2%3

Stony Creek14.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%44

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.

27%

45%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

263 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

263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+36%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 263. 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.