Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, OH

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (8%), West Chester (7%) and Hamilton (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

218 of 6,182 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 5,964 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

5,964live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Middletown5.7 mi away

8%521

West Chester10.1 mi away

7%460

Hamilton7.9 mi away

7%413

Cincinnati23.5 mi away

6%384

Fairfield11 mi away

6%364

Monroe6 mi away

4%256

Trenton (in town)right here

4%218

Mason12.2 mi away

3%172

Blue Ash16.6 mi away

2%148

St. Clair4.3 mi away

2%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,102

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.

35%

47%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

1,134 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

1,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

6,182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+45%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 781 → 1,134. 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.