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SheetCA-TRINIDAD-CA · Trinidad, CA 424 pop · income 77th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Trinidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Trinidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Western Grove · lowest
40,625
Western Grove · lowest
40,625 median HH income
23.6% of the leader · rank #1
Dillingham · near
99,097
Dillingham · near
99,097 median HH income
57.4% of the leader · rank #2
Miller · near
99,097
Miller · near
99,097 median HH income
57.4% of the leader · rank #3
Trinidad · this city
99,107
Trinidad · this city
99,107 median HH income
57.5% of the leader · rank #4
Carrollton · near
99,115
Carrollton · near
99,115 median HH income
57.5% of the leader · rank #5
Middleberg · near
99,117
Middleberg · near
99,117 median HH income
57.5% of the leader · rank #6
Rio Oso · highest
172,500
Rio Oso · highest
172,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Trinidad on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 424.
Trinidad ranks in the 77th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Trinidad, CA
California's Trinidad is a small town, with 424 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Trinidad households earn a median of $99,107 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 9.9%. Typical homes in Trinidad are valued around $777,500, and the median resident age is 60.0 years. 66.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 41.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Trinidad (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Trinidad's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Trinidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Trinidad?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Trinidad growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -20 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -5.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Trinidad?
Within California, the closest population matches are Potrero (423 residents); Seville (423 residents, $47,857 income); Smith Corner (423 residents, $43,854 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Western Grove, AR (424 residents); Wiley, CO (424 residents); New Albin, IA (424 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Trinidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Trinidad?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 66.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
66.8%
Poverty estimate
9.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C-
City profile score · Trinidad, CA
53/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
66.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$99,107
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Trinidad profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 66.8%
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $99,107
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 9.9%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Trinidad compare to other US cities?
Where Trinidad sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Home value94% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Trinidad against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Trinidad near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Trinidad ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Trinidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#521 of 1,338
61st percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#379 of 1,343
72nd percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#500 of 1,450
65th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#126 of 1,458
91st percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Trinidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$777,5006th percentilemore affordable than 6% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Trinidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,964 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,979 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.8×, Trinidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,964 of 15,516 and #10,979 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$99,107Trinidad, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Trinidad, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Trinidad, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
424
Median Income
$99,107
Median Home Value
$777,500
Median Age
60.0
Poverty Rate
9.9%
Labor force participation
41.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
66.8%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Trinidad's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
337 residents
2021
335 residents
2022
331 residents
2023
326 residents
2024
321 residents
2025
317 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.1M
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
3.1%
Walk
3.1%
Work from Home
22.7%
Based on 163 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Trinidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Trinidad is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Trinidad sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Trinidad compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.