Lawrence Farm · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Troy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 5% work in Troy itself; outside it, Keene draws the most (28%, 10 miles). Employers in Troy report 304 jobs, against 985 working residents. The two grades for Troy are B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Troy in brief
Troy and Keene trade workers both ways
Keene is the top workplace for Troy residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Troy come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Troy
62% of Troy residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Troy pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Troy empties out on a workday
About 1,500 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 2,200 who live here: 940 head out to work and 260 come in. Day and night ↓
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 985 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Troy’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Troy’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where people from Troy work
Where Troy clocks in
28% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Troy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 304. 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.
Who commutes out of Troy, and who commutes in
On a workday 938 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way for Troy’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,011 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
How many miles Troy commutes
About 15% 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.
In Troy, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Troy near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,125 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). 2.4% of Troy households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Troy’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Troy is 1,736th of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 280 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,734 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,791 | $74K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,735 | North Pole AK | 2,477 | $92K | 4.9% | 4.6% | — | B |
| 1,736 | Troy NH | 2,198 | $89K | 4.1% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,737 | Dunham Township OH | 2,503 | $71K | 5.9% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,738 | Cooper Township PA | 2,537 | $81K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 New Hampshire.
15% of Troy works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Swanzey (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | – | B | D | 25 min | $88,871 |
| Marlborough | 4% | B− | B | 21 min | $69,032 |
| Swanzey | 6% | B | C+ | 24 min | $81,595 |
| Fitzwilliam | under 2% | B+ | C− | 39 min | $100,735 |
| Richmond | under 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $89,375 |
| Jaffrey | 5% | B | B− | 25 min | $92,330 |
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 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?
$88,871 (±$13,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
4.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keene (28%, 10 mi), Swanzey (6%, 6 mi), Jaffrey (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy walkable?
Troy is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 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.