Hotel Rietmann · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Troy at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Idaho 13%). Only 7% work in Troy itself; outside it, Moscow draws the most (32%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Troy
Troy and Moscow trade workers both ways
Moscow is the top workplace for Troy residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Troy come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Troy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Idaho. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Troy’s working residents head each day
Where Troy clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Troy: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Troy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
37% of the jobs in Troy make or build things
243 jobs are based in Troy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 243. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Troy
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Troy: questions
What is the median household income in Troy?
$81,375 (±$20,095) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moscow (32%, 11 mi), Pullman (12%, 19 mi), Lewiston (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Troy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Troy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Troy
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.