Photo: Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Trinidad has 4.1 jobs for every working resident: 318 people commute in to work
29% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California. Employers in Trinidad report 329 jobs; 80 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Trinidad for work; outside it, Eureka is the main destination (21%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Trinidad on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 570 people are in Trinidad on a workday afternoon, 79% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Trinidad
Where Trinidad clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Trinidad
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trinidad, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 329. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trinidad’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Trinidad: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trinidad workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Trinidad
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Trinidad: questions
What is the median household income in Trinidad?
$105,833 (±$14,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trinidad?
13.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trinidad?
38 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trinidad work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (21%, 18 mi), Arcata (18%, 14 mi), McKinleyville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trinidad without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trinidad, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trinidad
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.