Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTroy Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
4% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole. There are 401 jobs in Troy Township, and 918 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Troy Township are C− 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
Work and commuting in Troy Township, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Troy Township
53% of Troy Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Troy Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Troy Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 918 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Troy Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Troy Township’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where in the region Troy Township works
About 33% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Troy Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 401. 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.
From Troy Township, about 27 minutes to the job
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 1,006 commuters (the 4% 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.
Troy Township by day and by night
On a workday 879 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Troy Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where people from Troy Township work
Where Troy Township clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Most of Troy Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,044 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). 7.1% of Troy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Troy Township is 4,084th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,082 | Sabina OH | 2,437 | $49K | 22.7% | 3.8% | 6% | C− |
| 4,083 | Dresden TN | 2,911 | $51K | 10.6% | 6.3% | 23% | C− |
| 4,084 | Troy Township OH | 2,444 | $56K | 10.3% | 6.1% | 4% | C− |
| 4,085 | Kelly Ridge CA | 2,825 | $55K | 12.3% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,086 | Ben Bolt TX | 2,152 | $62K | 16.3% | 7.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Troy Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Rome Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | – | C− | D | 27 min | $56,389 |
| Carthage Township | under 2% | D | D− | 36 min | $53,670 |
| Olive Township | under 2% | D | D | 34 min | $50,996 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 36 min | $72,554 |
| Rome Township | 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $55,399 |
| Belpre Township | under 2% | C | D− | 24 min | $78,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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?
$56,389 (±$14,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
10.3%, 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. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (13%, 19 mi), Parkersburg (10%, 13 mi), Columbus (7%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 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 7% 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.