Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY-SA 4.0Troy has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 100,275 people commute in to work
There are 107,521 jobs in Troy, against 35,882 working residents. Jobs and income earn Troy A; getting around on foot earns it B. Measured by household income, Troy is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Troy apart on work
Troy has far more jobs than workers
Troy has 107,521 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 160,000 people are in town, 81% more than the 89,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Troy
23% of Troy workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Troy draws workers from far and wide
The 107,521 jobs in Troy are filled from a wide area. Troy’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Troy
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #68 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Troy’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy could be anywhere from A− to A.
Who works in Troy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 28,636 residents head out to work and 7,246 work right here.
About 160,000 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 81% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting from Troy: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34,702 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Where Troy’s workforce comes from
Where Troy clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 Troy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2011 → 2021: 92,186 → 107,521. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Troy
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Troy walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #213 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 44,786 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.6% of Troy households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Troy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 62,000 to 120,000, Troy ranks 68th of 514 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Canton Township MI | 99,714 | $121K | 5.5% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Rochester Hills MI | 77,539 | $121K | 5.2% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Davis CA | 66,110 | $90K | 26.5% | 6.3% | 16% | A |
| 67 | Lehi UT | 95,313 | $131K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 17% | A |
| 68 | Troy MI | 88,733 | $120K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 20% | A |
| 69 | Brookline MA | 63,414 | $142K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| 70 | West Hartford CT | 64,242 | $130K | 6.3% | 4.1% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Macomb Township MI | 95,099 | $121K | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 514 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Troy
The biggest share goes to Sterling Heights (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | – | A | B | 24 min | $120,045 |
| Birmingham | under 3% | A | B+ | 20 min | $153,510 |
| Royal Oak | 3% | A | B+ | 24 min | $101,109 |
| Madison Heights | under 3% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $69,503 |
| Sterling Heights | 4% | B | B− | 25 min | $79,909 |
| Clawson | under 3% | A− | A− | 22 min | $88,636 |
| Rochester Hills | 2% | A | B | 24 min | $120,694 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 3% | A | B− | 24 min | $162,788 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Troy’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 2021, 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?
$120,045 (±$5,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
5.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (8%, 14 mi), Warren (8%, 9 mi), Southfield (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Troy walkable?
Troy is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2021, 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.