Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Troy Township earn more than those in 83% of U.S. towns
Troy Township grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Poverty touches 5.5% of residents, where Illinois as a whole has 11.8%. Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Troy Township, in brief
Troy Township trades workers with the towns around it
Troy Township has about as many jobs (20,018) as working residents (22,001), but they are mostly different people: 19,682 residents leave for work each day while 17,699 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Troy Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Troy Township and Joliet trade workers both ways
Joliet is the top workplace for Troy Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Troy Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Troy Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #142 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Troy Township
On a workday 19,682 residents head out to work, 2,319 work right here, and 17,699 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Joliet
Where Troy Township clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
What the 20,018 jobs in Troy Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2013 → 2023: 16,830 → 20,018. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Troy Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,029 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Troy Township, by distance
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.
Getting around Troy Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #452 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,298 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 19% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Troy Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Troy Township ranks: 167th of 904 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 68,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 17 | New Lenox Township IL | 45,290 | $133K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 19 | Oswego IL | 39,948 | $124K | 2.6% | 2.6% | 8% | A+ |
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| 165 | Bartlett TN | 56,416 | $102K | 5.1% | 3.4% | 10% | A |
| 166 | Rowlett TX | 67,890 | $112K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 167 | Troy Township IL | 50,168 | $109K | 5.5% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| 168 | Kailua HI | 39,640 | $149K | 4.0% | 3.8% | 13% | A |
| 169 | Bentonville AR | 63,057 | $113K | 5.2% | 3.1% | 43% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 904 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Troy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 20% of Troy Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | – | A | B | 30 min | $109,309 |
| Joliet Township | under 2% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $63,998 |
| Channahon Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 31 min | $136,489 |
| Seward Township | under 2% | A | C | 40 min | $121,548 |
| Plainfield Township | under 2% | A | B− | 32 min | $127,061 |
| Joliet | 20% | B | B+ | 29 min | $92,201 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Joliet. Darker towns draw more of Troy Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Troy Township?
$109,309 (±$5,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Joliet (20%, 3 mi), Chicago (10%, 35 mi), Bolingbrook (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Troy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Troy Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.