Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Troup has higher unemployment (11.5%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Troup is behind 83% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Troup D; getting around on foot earns it C+. 4% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Troup
28% of Troup works in Tyler
225 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Tyler, 16 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Troup itself. The commute map ↓
Few Troup workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. 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 814 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Troup’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troup is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Troup’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troup could be anywhere from D to C+.
28% of working residents work in Tyler
Where Troup clocks in
28% of workers
3% 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 Troup: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troup workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 868 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
A workday in Troup: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 773 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Troup on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.55 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 2023, primary jobs.
What Troup’s employers do
450 jobs are based in Troup.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troup, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 450. 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 Troup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Troup’s workers travel
About 29% 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 Troup start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troup is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Troup 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 908 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). 6.2% of Troup households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Troup’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Troup ranks 4,811th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 26 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,809 | Rosita TX | 2,933 | $37K | 12.0% | 8.1% | 30% | D |
| 4,810 | Decherd TN | 2,499 | $38K | 18.8% | 6.5% | 4% | D |
| 4,811 | Troup TX | 2,188 | $53K | 26.3% | 11.5% | 5% | D |
| 4,812 | Kathio Township MN | 1,568 | $63K | 25.1% | 15.8% | 42% | D |
| 4,813 | White Mountain Lake AZ | 2,910 | $50K | 15.9% | 4.8% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | 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 Troup, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Troup: questions
What is the median household income in Troup?
$53,457 (±$7,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troup?
26.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troup?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troup work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (28%, 16 mi), Dallas (4%, 106 mi), Longview (3%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troup walkable?
Troup is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troup 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 Troup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Troup
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.