Work & commute · Trinidad

Work & commute in Trinidad, TX

Most working residents leave Trinidad for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Malakoff (12%), Athens (12%) and Tyler (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 309 Trinidad residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trinidad.

309live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trinidad goes to work

Malakoff5.3 mi away

12%37

Athens16.6 mi away

12%37

Tyler48.2 mi away

6%18

Corsicana21.6 mi away

5%14

Dallas58.1 mi away

4%13

Houston169.5 mi away

3%9

Mabank14.6 mi away

3%8

Powell12.9 mi away

1%4

Eustace11.6 mi away

1%4

Gun Barrel City11.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%163

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.

26%

14%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trinidad is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Trinidad are

64 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

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Trinidad residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−78%

Jobs based in Trinidad, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 64. 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.