Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Troy are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 12.6%, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. For jobs and income Troy is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in four work in Troy itself; outside it, Dayton draws the most (7%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Troy apart
Troy makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Troy are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Troy residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Troy draws workers from far and wide
The 16,646 jobs in Troy are filled from a wide area. Troy’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Troy
Job access by car holds Troy’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy could be anywhere from C to B+.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Troy
16,646 jobs are based in Troy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 14,277 → 16,646. 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.
Where people from Troy work
Where Troy clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Who leaves Troy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,184 residents head out to work, 2,972 work right here, and 13,674 people come in from elsewhere.
About 32,000 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
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 22 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,555 commuters (the 12% 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’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,060 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). 10.6% of Troy households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Troy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000, Troy ranks 1,027th of 1,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
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| 20 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,025 | Gloucester MA | 30,627 | $84K | 9.6% | 6.5% | 31% | B− |
| 1,026 | Columbia Heights MN | 22,482 | $74K | 16.3% | 5.5% | 4% | B− |
| 1,027 | Troy OH | 27,344 | $69K | 12.6% | 4.2% | 24% | B− |
| 1,028 | Osolo Township IN | 29,084 | $61K | 12.8% | 3.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,029 | Norwood OH | 19,658 | $72K | 17.5% | 4.6% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Ohio.
How Troy compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Concord Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | – | B− | B+ | 22 min | $68,830 |
| Staunton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $111,458 |
| Concord Township | 3% | B | B+ | 21 min | $74,188 |
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?
$68,830 (±$6,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (7%, 18 mi), Piqua (5%, 7 mi), Sidney (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy walkable?
Troy is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.