Trenton is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,226 people and three associated neighborhoods, Trenton is the 252nd largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Trenton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.66% of the Trenton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Trenton is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Trenton who work in office and administrative support (15.32%), maintenance occupations (8.07%), and food service (7.80%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Trenton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Trenton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Trenton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Trenton may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Trenton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Trenton, just 11.70% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Trenton in 2022 was $21,641, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,564 for a family of four. However, Trenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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, British, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Trenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Slavic languages.
