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Trenton, TX

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Overview


Trenton is a tiny city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 815 people and just one neighborhood, Trenton is the 884th largest community in Texas.

Trenton real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Trenton house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Trenton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Trenton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Trenton who work in office and administrative support (16.10%), sales jobs (15.17%), and management occupations (10.22%).

A relatively large number of people in Trenton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.00% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Trenton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Trenton, the average commute to work is 32.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small city, Trenton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Trenton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.98% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Trenton in 2022 was $29,839, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,356 for a family of four. However, Trenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Trenton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Trenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trenton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Trenton include Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Trenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Trenton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Trenton, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (6.4%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (75.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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