Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTroy Township has lower household incomes than 81% of U.S. towns
About one in three stay in Troy Township for work; outside it, Tell City is the main destination (24%, 2 miles). 19.8% of residents are in poverty, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Jobs and income earn Troy Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Troy Township and work: the main findings
Troy Township and Tell City trade workers both ways
Tell City is the top workplace for Troy Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Troy Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Troy Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Troy Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #555 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Troy Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Where people from Troy Township work
Where Troy Township clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Commuting from Troy Township: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,149 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,434 residents head out to work, 1,705 work right here, and 2,556 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 (0.83 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.
What the 4,261 jobs in Troy Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,956 → 4,261. 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 far Troy Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Most of Troy Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #341 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,361 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Troy Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Troy Township is 2,419th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 68 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 114 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 125 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,417 | Rock Island Township IL | 15,632 | $41K | 32.9% | 7.4% | 12% | C− |
| 2,418 | Center Township IN | 8,149 | $51K | 15.9% | 6.0% | 23% | C− |
| 2,419 | Troy Township IN | 11,919 | $56K | 19.8% | 4.9% | 33% | C− |
| 2,420 | Canton IL | 13,297 | $53K | 15.2% | 7.2% | 34% | C− |
| 2,421 | Big Rapids MI | 8,623 | $44K | 34.1% | 4.3% | 28% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 35% 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 | – | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,526 |
| Tobin Township | 7% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Huff Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 25 min | $127,692 |
| Troy | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Tell City | 24% | D | B− | 22 min | $52,949 |
| Cannelton | 2% | D− | B− | 19 min | $29,219 |
| Anderson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 19 min | $90,208 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tobin Township and Troy: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tell City. 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?
$55,526 (±$4,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
19.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tell City (24%, 2 mi), Tobin Township (7%, 6 mi), Ferdinand (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.