Trimble has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Tennessee has 13%. Employers in Trimble report 23 jobs, and 204 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Trimble for work; outside it, Dyersburg is the main destination (43%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Trimble, in a few figures
Trimble is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Trimble, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Trimble has about 350 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Trimble works in Dyersburg
87 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Dyersburg, 15 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Trimble itself. The commute map ↓
Few Trimble workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 204 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Trimble on a workday
On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Trimble on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Out of Trimble to work: where people go
Where Trimble clocks in
43% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Trimble: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trimble workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 52% of the jobs in Trimble
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trimble, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 23. 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.
Miles to work from Trimble
About 17% 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.
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?
$51,750 (±$20,351) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trimble?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trimble?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trimble work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dyersburg (43%, 15 mi), Newbern (9%, 8 mi), Jackson (7%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trimble 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 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.