Work & commute · Trinidad

Work & commute in Trinidad, CA

Most working residents leave Trinidad for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (21%), Arcata (18%) and McKinleyville (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

11 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Trinidad residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trinidad.

69live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trinidad goes to work

Eureka17.9 mi away

21%17

Arcata14 mi away

18%14

Trinidad (in town)right here

14%11

McKinleyville8.1 mi away

5%4

San Francisco237.7 mi away

4%3

Santa Clara280.5 mi away

3%2

Roseville217.6 mi away

3%2

Sacramento223 mi away

3%2

Cutten20.2 mi away

3%2

Indianola17.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%21

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Trinidad commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

49%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trinidad is a job hub

4.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Trinidad are

329 jobs are based in Trinidad. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trinidad’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trinidad

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Trinidad residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Trinidad, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 329. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.