Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Settled in 1880, this town now has 7,274 residents.
At B− overall, Trinity is better than 45% of U.S. towns and ranks 112th of 286 in North Carolina. The weak point is walkability (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. Its strongest is cost of living: a typical home costs about $289K, 4.4 years of the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income. Trinity's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge and Wilson Kindley Farm and Kindley Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places. A fifth of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, below both North Carolina’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for schools, C+ for health and B for hazard risk.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Trinity’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Trinity is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 240 in 1880, 7,006 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1950 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Trinity. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
22 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumOld Salem
23 mi MuseumReynolda House Museum of American Art
31 mi National forestUwharrie National Forest
38 mi State parkHanging Rock State ParkAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Uwharrie National Forest: U.S. Forest Service, Public domain · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Trinity, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Trinity.
Trinity has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina; it also has little public open land.
The top destinations are High Point (22%), Greensboro (15%) and Thomasville (8%). Only 3% of working residents stay in Trinity for work; the rest commute out. In Trinity, the middle household income is $83,000.
| Trinity | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 13% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The largest public high school is Trinity High School, with 675 students. Public schools: Randolph County School System. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 679 | A− |
| Trinity High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 675 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
July afternoons average 88.1°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 77% of North Carolina places with climate records; January nights average 29.6°.
The peak summer temperature in Trinity is 88°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Trinity | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 30°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On expected storm and flood damage, Trinity sits below 62% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Trinity households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2014. FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to tornadoes. One flood insurance claim has been paid locally since 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On the market in Trinity: a median 44 days to sell. The typical home value in the town is about $289,000, up 2.7% in a year, 13% below the North Carolina typical home. Among households in the town, 80% are owner-occupiers.
| Trinity | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $955 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
CDC measures, 32 in all: Trinity beats North Carolina on 3 and trails on 5. 40% of Trinity adults have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults in the town: 26% have been diagnosed with depression, 38% have obesity.
| Trinity | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Trinity | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 12.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 71 of its 10,867 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Trinity itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Trails run 1.2 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Trinity, the density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Trinity | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trinity Community Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
5 within 15 miles of the center of Trinity
About 3 of every 100 Trinity residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
City in North Carolina, United States
Trinity is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,006 at the 2020 census. Trinity is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad metro region.
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2 towns share a border with Trinity.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | #112 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Archdale | #91 | B− | B− | B− | B− | C+ |
| Thomasville | #131 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
Trinity and Thomasville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Trinity with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Trinity grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #112 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
2 notable people were born here, including George B. Pegram and Justin Labonte.
