Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Troy Township works elsewhere
Troy Township has 82 jobs for 473 working residents. Jobs and income earn Troy Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Troy Township apart
Troy Township is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Troy Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Troy Township has about 710 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Troy Township and Ashland trade workers both ways
Ashland is the top workplace for Troy Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Troy Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Troy Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Troy Township
On income, poverty and job access, Troy Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Troy Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Troy Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Troy Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How a workday changes Troy Township
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Troy Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Ashland
Where Troy Township clocks in
22% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Troy Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 860 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
A place that makes things: 56% of Troy Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2014 → 2024: 67 → 82. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Troy Township commutes less than 22 miles
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Troy Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Troy Township 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 860 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). 0.0% of Troy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Troy Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 1,064th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,062 | Bloomfield WI | 1,073 | $83K | 3.9% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,063 | St. George Island FL | 1,133 | $138K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 13% | B |
| 1,064 | Troy Township OH | 1,100 | $88K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,065 | Penn Township PA | 1,084 | $85K | 4.7% | 3.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,066 | Pulaski Township PA | 1,261 | $55K | 7.1% | 6.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Ohio.
The towns around Troy Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | – | B | D− | 27 min | $88,075 |
| Sullivan Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $66,541 |
| Rochester Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Ruggles Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rochester Township and Ruggles Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 2024, 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?
$88,075 (±$17,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
2.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (22%, 11 mi), Mansfield (5%, 22 mi), Wooster (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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), 2024, 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.