Trinity has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 72% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #153 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns · #488 of 638 in Florida.
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 30 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Trinity; the top destination outside it is Tampa (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Trinity, in brief
Trinity has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Trinity went from 1,367 in 2013 to 2,639 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Trinity
31% of Trinity workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Trinity’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Trinity is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #153 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Trinity’s grade up ($113,580, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Trinity could be anywhere from B− to A+.
What the 2,639 jobs in Trinity are
2,639 jobs are based in Trinity. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trinity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trinity, 2013 → 2023: 1,367 → 2,639. 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trinity workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,860 commuters (the 31% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Trinity quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,476 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 2,478 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Trinity on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
12% of working residents work in Tampa
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Trinity clocks in
12% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Trinity commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Trinity start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Trinity is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #488 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,490 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Trinity households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trinity’s commuters take a bus or train.
Trinity is 869th of 2,023 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Trinity, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | Waterford CT | 20,435 | $105K | 4.6% | 5.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 868 | San Carlos Park FL | 19,159 | $86K | 9.4% | 2.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 869 | Trinity FL | 18,907 | $114K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 870 | Arbutus MD | 22,507 | $99K | 14.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 871 | Pierce Township OH | 15,754 | $90K | 8.3% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Trinity and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Trinity’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
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: questions
What is the median household income in Trinity?
$113,580 (±$17,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trinity?
9.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trinity?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trinity work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (12%, 18 mi), St. Petersburg (3%, 29 mi), Clearwater (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Trinity walkable?
Trinity is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Trinity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trinity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trinity
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.