Work & commute · Trenton

Work & commute in Trenton, WI

Most working residents leave Trenton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beaver Dam (23%), Madison (7%) and Beaver Dam (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 598 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 595 Trenton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trenton.

595live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trenton goes to work

Beaver Dam6.6 mi away

23%136

Madison44.7 mi away

7%40

Beaver Dam8.8 mi away

4%25

Waupun6.6 mi away

4%24

Fond du Lac24.3 mi away

4%24

Juneau13.5 mi away

4%23

Horicon13.2 mi away

3%20

Columbus18.8 mi away

2%14

Janesville61.9 mi away

2%10

Randolph8.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%274

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.

31%

28%

25%

16%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trenton is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trenton are

254 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

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Trenton residents hold

598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+51%

Jobs based in Trenton, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 254. 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.