Photo: Rick Dikeman · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Troy Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. 106 jobs are based in Troy Township; 485 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Troy Township are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Troy Township stands out on work
Troy Township is a place people come home to
There are 106 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 860 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Troy Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. 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 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Troy Township
On income, poverty and job access, Troy Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Troy Township’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (9.8%) is left out: Troy Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Troy Township could be anywhere from D to B.
How many people are in Troy Township by day
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Troy Township 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Troy Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 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 338 commuters (the 16% 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.
12% of working residents work in Mansfield
Where Troy Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
62% of the jobs in Troy Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 106. 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.
Miles to work from Troy Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Troy Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 404 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%). 1% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,843rd of 4,866: where Troy Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,841 | Tyrone NY | 1,557 | $72K | 21.2% | 9.4% | 2% | D |
| 3,842 | Edinburg NY | 1,339 | $70K | 17.8% | 4.9% | 7% | D |
| 3,843 | Troy Township OH | 1,240 | $53K | 21.6% | 9.8% | 1% | D |
| 3,844 | Linn Valley KS | 1,162 | $51K | 14.3% | 5.6% | 2% | D |
| 3,845 | Flora MS | 1,677 | $37K | 27.9% | 5.7% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Around Troy Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | – | D | B− | 18 min | $52,734 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $54,424 |
| North Bloomfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 38 min | $90,469 |
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?
$52,734 (±$16,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
21.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (12%, 9 mi), Columbus (11%, 51 mi), Galion (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
1% 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), 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.