Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, OH

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (32%), Westerville (7%) and Sunbury (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,135 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,114 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

1,114live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Columbus20 mi away

32%366

Westerville9.9 mi away

7%85

Sunbury3.8 mi away

7%77

Orange11 mi away

3%39

Dublin20.1 mi away

3%30

New Albany10.3 mi away

3%30

Delaware14.8 mi away

3%29

Gahanna14.5 mi away

2%24

Berkshire5.2 mi away

2%24

Trenton (in town)right here

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%410

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.

19%

59%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton 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 Trenton are

402 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

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

1,135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−10%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 402. 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.