Work & commute · Trinity

Work & commute in Trinity, TX

Most working residents leave Trinity for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (12%), Huntsville (12%) and Conroe (3%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

106 of 839 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 733 Trinity residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trinity.

733live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trinity goes to work

Trinity (in town)right here

13%106

Houston80.1 mi away

12%100

Huntsville20 mi away

12%97

Conroe43.1 mi away

3%26

Lufkin46.2 mi away

3%25

Dallas151.7 mi away

2%13

The Woodlands53.9 mi away

1%12

Groveton16.6 mi away

1%8

Hudson43.4 mi away

1%8

Livingston30.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%436

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

How far

How far Trinity commutes

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

24%

15%

12%

48%

24%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trinity is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trinity are

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

Jobs based in Trinity

683 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Trinity residents hold

839 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Trinity, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 683. 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.