Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Troy Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Troy Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 122 jobs in Troy Township; 414 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Troy Township; the top destination outside it is Titusville (9%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Troy Township
Troy Township is a place people come home to
There are 122 jobs based in Troy Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Troy Township has about 750 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Troy Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 27 minutes). 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 414 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Troy Township
The poverty rate holds Troy Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.1%) 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 400 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Troy Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
How long Troy Township spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Troy Township’s working residents head each day
Where Troy Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Troy Township works in goods: 56% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy Township, 2014 → 2024: 50 → 122. 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.
Miles to work from Troy Township
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Troy Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 390 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). 1.4% of Troy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Troy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,610th of 3,133: where Troy Township ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,608 | Sundance WY | 1,141 | $61K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 35% | C |
| 1,609 | Boone Township IN | 1,378 | $62K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 7% | C |
| 1,610 | Troy Township PA | 1,038 | $71K | 7.3% | 10.1% | 3% | C |
| 1,611 | Plymouth CA | 1,174 | $93K | 15.7% | 5.4% | 2% | C |
| 1,612 | Rio WI | 1,123 | $68K | 17.6% | 1.1% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Pennsylvania.
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 | – | C | C+ | 32 min | $71,202 |
| Plum Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Steuben Township | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Randolph Township | under 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $75,714 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $75,000 |
| Oil Creek Township | under 3% | D | D | 19 min | $66,250 |
| Cherrytree Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 25 min | $56,971 |
Same-state neighbors only. Plum Township and Steuben Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Steuben Township. 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?
$71,202 (±$4,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (9%, 8 mi), Meadville (9%, 16 mi), Erie (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Troy Township walkable?
Troy Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.