Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Trilby, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Florida has 16%. Hardly any work in Trilby; the top destination outside it is Tampa (14%, 38 miles). Trilby has 339 jobs for 208 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Trilby: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
74% of the jobs in Trilby are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Trilby’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Trilby is Tampa, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (30) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The jobs in Trilby pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Trilby pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Trilby residents hold. 100% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Trilby. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
75% of the jobs in Trilby pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trilby, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 339. 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 Trilby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Trilby
About 21% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Trilby
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Trilby on a workday afternoon, 66% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Trilby
Where Trilby clocks in
14% of workers
3% 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.
Working from home in Trilby
of Trilby workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns around Trilby
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Trilby’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Trilby: questions
What is the poverty rate in Trilby?
10.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Trilby work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (14%, 38 mi), Dade City (8%, 7 mi), Zephyrhills (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trilby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trilby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trilby
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.