Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, NJ

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (9%), Ewing (5%) and Lawrence (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

5,469 of 30,464 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 24,995 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 5,469 work right here, and 63,481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

24,995live here, work elsewhere

5,469live and work here

63,481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Trenton goes to work

Trenton (in town)right here

18%5,469

Hamilton4.8 mi away

9%2,654

Ewing3.3 mi away

5%1,587

Lawrence5.5 mi away

3%1,042

Robbinsville8.9 mi away

3%950

New York, NY52.9 mi away

3%920

Burlington12 mi away

2%586

Princeton10.6 mi away

2%570

Hopewell9.5 mi away

2%522

Plainsboro12.4 mi away

2%498

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%15,666

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.

49%

20%

19%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a job hub

2.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

68,950 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

68,950 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

30,464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+34%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 51,574 → 68,950. 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.