Bowerman Barn · Photo: NoeHill · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Trinity Center
Employers in Trinity Center report 53 jobs, and 54 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 31% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Only 4% work in Trinity Center; the top destination outside it is Weaverville (22%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Trinity Center by day
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Trinity Center ends
Where Trinity Center clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trinity Center, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 53. 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 Trinity Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Trinity Center
of Trinity Center workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 31% 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.
Trinity Center’s commute, mile by mile
About 59% 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 Trinity Center: questions
What is the median household income in Trinity Center?
$58,750 (±$35,801) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trinity Center?
17.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Trinity Center work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (22%, 20 mi), Redding (6%, 34 mi), Stockton (4%, 221 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trinity Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trinity Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trinity Center
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.