Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, WI

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (25%), Ellsworth (9%) and River Falls (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 780 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

780live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Red Wing, MN5.7 mi away

25%200

Ellsworth6.7 mi away

9%69

River Falls15.5 mi away

4%35

Prescott14.6 mi away

4%31

Hastings, MN16.9 mi away

3%28

Trenton (in town)right here

3%24

Cottage Grove, MN22 mi away

2%19

Hudson24 mi away

2%19

Cannon Falls, MN19.7 mi away

2%13

Eau Claire52.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%353

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.

40%

25%

15%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

397 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

397 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−35%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 397. 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.