Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Troy Township are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
9.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. Troy Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. About one in ten work in Troy Township itself; outside it, Mansfield draws the most (24%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Troy Township in brief
A lot of Troy Township works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Troy Township: Mansfield (24%), Lexington (11%) and Washington Township (2%). Next door ↓
Troy Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Troy Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Troy Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
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.
How Troy Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #707 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Troy Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($61,848, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Troy Township makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
1,797 jobs are based in Troy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,221 → 1,797. 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.
Troy Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,508 residents head out to work, 282 work right here, and 1,515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Troy Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Troy Township: the destinations
Where Troy Township clocks in
24% of workers
11% 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.
Time on the road from Troy Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 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 3,238 commuters (the 6% 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.
The distance from Troy Township to work
About 26% 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.
For most of Troy Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #886 of 993 in Ohio. 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 3,454 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). 5.7% 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 is 2,047th of 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,045 | Penn Yan NY | 5,272 | $60K | 12.8% | 1.6% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,046 | North College Hill OH | 9,544 | $65K | 20.6% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,047 | Troy Township OH | 7,113 | $62K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,048 | Berlin WI | 5,588 | $59K | 16.0% | 2.3% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,049 | Randolph Township OH | 5,337 | $65K | 7.5% | 9.3% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
37% of Troy Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Township | – | C+ | D | 22 min | $61,848 |
| Washington Township | 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $89,333 |
| Mansfield | 24% | D | B | 21 min | $44,540 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B | B− | 20 min | $80,762 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | D | 37 min | $98,125 |
| Lexington | 11% | C− | D | 22 min | $52,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mansfield. 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?
$61,848 (±$9,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
9.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (24%, 7 mi), Lexington (11%, 2 mi), Columbus (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.