Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Trimble commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 36 jobs in Trimble, and 106 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Trimble for work; outside it, Athens is the main destination (17%, 11 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Trimble, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Trimble on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
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 employ Trimble’s residents
Where Trimble clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Trimble’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trimble, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 36. 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 Trimble’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Trimble takes about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trimble workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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 distance from Trimble to work
About 26% 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.
Trimble and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Trimble’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 Trimble: questions
What is the median household income in Trimble?
$47,120 (±$9,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trimble?
17.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trimble?
54 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trimble work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (17%, 11 mi), Nelsonville (7%, 8 mi), Columbus (7%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trimble without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trimble, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trimble
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.