Wilson Kindley Farm and Kindley Mine · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Trinity has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 65% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #85 of 290 in North Carolina.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns · #255 of 290 in North Carolina.
Household incomes here are higher than in 59% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Trinity; the top destination outside it is High Point (22%, 8 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 makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Trinity are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Trinity residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Trinity and High Point trade workers both ways
High Point is the top workplace for Trinity residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Trinity come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Trinity’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Trinity is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #85 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Trinity’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Trinity could be anywhere from C to A.
Trinity makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
1,513 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: 1,488 → 1,513. 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.
22% of working residents work in High Point
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Trinity clocks in
15% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Trinity quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,028 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 1,433 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Trinity on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the NC average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trinity workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,130 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Trinity commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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 17% of U.S. towns, #255 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Trinity near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,478 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.5% of Trinity households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Trinity’s commuters take a bus or train.
Trinity is 1,311th of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800 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 North Carolina.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 363 | Ogden NC | 8,249 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,309 | Park Township KS | 8,984 | $70K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,310 | Saratoga NY | 5,859 | $101K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,311 | Trinity NC | 7,274 | $83K | 11.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,312 | Adams Township IN | 5,241 | $69K | 4.9% | 2.6% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,313 | Pelican Bay FL | 6,159 | $164K | 7.7% | 8.3% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
14% of Trinity works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Thomasville (8%). Darker towns draw more of Trinity’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trinity workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | – | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,664 |
| Archdale | 6% | A− | B− | 23 min | $64,757 |
| Thomasville | 8% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $60,935 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$82,664 (±$21,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trinity?
11.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trinity?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trinity work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are High Point (22%, 8 mi), Greensboro (15%, 18 mi), Thomasville (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Trinity walkable?
Trinity is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 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 6% 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.