City · Gilchrist County, Florida

Trenton, Florida

Trenton is a city in Gilchrist County, Florida, part of the Gainesville, FL metro area. It has 2,320 residents. Trenton, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,751 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #692 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on math scores (high), homicide rate (low) and reading scores (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), pharmacies (low) and drought exposure (high).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,751 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #692 of 780 in FL
Population: 2,320 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 669.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1272350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,829/15,637
Economy27#11,449/15,631
Housing12#13,145/14,977
Health16#13,062/15,609
Healthcare1#15,435/15,650
Environment55#6,971/15,453
Education44#8,782/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,433/15,650
Community34#10,260/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,885/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Trenton, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Gilchrist County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Math scores · high3.62
99/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGilchrist County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGilchrist County value
Reading scores · high3.35
91/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGilchrist County value
Comfortable days · high33.2%
90/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGilchrist County value
Child care cost burden · low22.5%
86/100Florida 25.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGilchrist County value
Job growth · high1.7%
86/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGilchrist County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high26.8 mi
1/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGilchrist County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Florida 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGilchrist County value
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGilchrist County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high25.6%
3/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Florida 6.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGilchrist County value
Rent-burdened households · high54.0%
5/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,151 (2015-2019) → 2,320 (2020-2024)
+7.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.8% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
43.9% (2015-2019) → 23.5% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
35.8% (2015-2019) → 18.8% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 3.7× (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$34,893 (2015-2019) → $49,350 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Trenton, Florida improved on 5 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Poverty−17 points35.8% → 18.8%
Inequality−0.1240.506 → 0.382
Broadband+26 points64.8% → 90.9%
Child poverty−20 points43.9% → 23.5%
Household income+41%$34,893 → $49,350

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×2.4× → 3.7×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Trenton, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.2 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	64.8%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+26 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	43.9%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	79.4%2015-2019	79.4%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5062015-2019	0.3822020-2024	−0.124	Improved	98%
Median household income	$34,8932015-2019	$49,3502020-2024	+41%	Improved	76%
Poverty rate	35.8%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	98%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	54.0%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.6%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Trenton, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Trenton, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Trenton, Florida itself moved +6.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,320 residents (±416)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

792 households (±141)

Trenton, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k15%†122
$25k–50k36%†287
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

792 households (±141)

Trenton, Florida
Florida share

Own56%440
Rent44%352

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

914 workers (±184)

Trenton, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone73%667
Carpool12%†107
Public transit0.5%†5

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Gainesville, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Gilchrist County, the county holding most of Trenton's residents.

Gilchrist County has 295 employer establishments, 150 for every 10,000 residents (0.60× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Florida's), with 2,222 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,119. The Census Bureau also counts 1,393 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 295; 1,393 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 150; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 2,222
Average annual pay: $44,119; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gilchrist County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	42	21.3	1.38×More than typical	263	$51,916	108
Restaurants and other eating places	20	10.1	0.55×Fewer than typical	335	$18,669	3
Ambulatory health care services	17	8.6	0.41×Fewer than typical	160	$72,025	63
Building equipment contractors	17	8.6	1.43×More than typical	79	$44,785	17
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	8.1	1.20×About typical	80	$34,988	161
Construction of buildings	14	7.1	0.94×About typical	82	$55,854	75
Religious organizations	13	6.6	1.19×About typical	28	$31,143	—
Landscaping services	12	6.1	1.74×More than typical	65	$36,092	53
Limited-service restaurants	12	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	165	$17,788	—
Truck transportation	12	6.1	1.20×About typical	38	$36,211	36
Other specialty trade contractors	11	5.6	2.22×More than typical	28	$57,857	40
Building finishing contractors	10	5.1	1.33×More than typical	19	$25,000	36

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,725 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Trenton is mostly in Gilchrist County.

See federal money in Gilchrist County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Trenton, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Kat CammackR-FL-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Gilchrist County22100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Gainesville, FL59

Other cities and towns in Gilchrist County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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