What is the average commute in Trenton city, Michigan?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Trenton city, Michigan work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MI · GEOID 26804202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Trenton, Michigan

Name: Commute estimates for Trenton city, Michigan
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 13.4% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 9.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home13.4%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Trenton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.2 min → 25.4 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 13.4%▲ 6.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.5% → 79.3%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Trenton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.4% used public transit and 13.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±3.8 pp

Carpool4.2% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home13.4% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,943 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Trenton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Trenton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,943 workers age 16+, including 6,880 workers with reported travel time and 1,063 home workers.

Population estimate18,125± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+7,943± 424 MOE

Workers with travel time6,880± 465 MOE

Estimated home workers1,063± 213 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Michigan commute records for Trenton city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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