Trinidad is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,313 people and three associated neighborhoods, Trinidad is the 61st largest community in Colorado. Trinidad has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.22 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Trinidad does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Trinidad are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.21% of adults in Trinidad have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Trinidad in 2018 was $29,213, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,852 for a family of four. However, Trinidad contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Trinidad is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Trinidad home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Trinidad residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Trinidad also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Trinidad include Italian, German, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Trinidad is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.