County profile
Trinity County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#2278 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$598.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,426
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
234
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,720
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$53.0k±$8.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±4.3%
Poverty rate
20.7%±4.8%
Business applications
140 · 2025
Retail establishments
44
28.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade30%
Health care23%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing15%
Professional services8%
Arts & recreation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,720
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $42.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+26
International migration−11
Natural change−376
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$414.2M2019
$434.6M2020
$450.8M2021
$463.7M2022
$521.2M2023
$598.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$325.8k±$23.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$210/mo
Vacancy rate
31.2%±3.3%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$4.5M
33 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Wildfire 99Earthquake 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
2312015
2272016
2312017
2642018
2332019
2482020
2612021
2732022
2912023
3092024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -25% since 2021442021
212022
222023
212024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.1 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
60.6 km
UP
Nearest port
90.5 km
HUMBOLDT BAY HARBOR CRUISE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.1 km
REDDING RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.0k
avg. annual pay · +39% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Trinity?
Trinity's economy produced $598.3M in 2024, growing 14.8% year over year — faster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.