Modoc County vs Trinity County

A side-by-side comparison of Modoc County and Trinity County: population, income, housing, and more.

Modoc County and Trinity County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Trinity County has the higher population (15,886 vs 8,646 in Modoc County). Modoc County has the higher median household income ($56,648 vs $53,498 in Trinity County). Trinity County has the higher median home value ($329,000 vs $212,000 in Modoc County).

Population, income & housing

	Modoc County	Trinity County
Population	8,646	15,886
Median age	49.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,648	$53,498
Median home value	$212,000	$329,000
Median gross rent	$818	$922
Housing units	4,774	8,122
Homeownership rate	77.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modoc County	Trinity County
Population	8,907 → 8,646 (-2.9%)	12,700 → 15,886 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$45,507 → $56,648 (+24.5%)	$40,846 → $53,498 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $212,000 (+50.8%)	$287,700 → $329,000 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $818 (+14.1%)	$799 → $922 (+15.4%)

Modoc County

Population

8,9078,646

Median household income

$45,507$56,648

Median home value

$140,600$212,000

Median gross rent

$717$818

Trinity County

Population

12,70015,886

Median household income

$40,846$53,498

Median home value

$287,700$329,000

Median gross rent

$799$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modoc County	Trinity County
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	18.0%
75 and over	12.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modoc County	Trinity County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	2.1%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.8%	3.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modoc County	Trinity County
No high school diploma	12.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modoc County	Trinity County
Drove alone	72.9%	62.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	6.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.6%	25.9%
Other means	0.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modoc County	Trinity County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Modoc County	Trinity County
Poverty rate	20.3%	18.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1976	1977