Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Troy works elsewhere
Troy has 460 jobs; 1,085 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Troy B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Home is the office for 2% of workers (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Troy
Troy makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Troy are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Troy residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Troy and Temple trade workers both ways
Temple is the top workplace for Troy residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Troy come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Troy workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Troy than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Troy fell from 644 in 2013 to 460 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Why Troy gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Troy is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #213 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Troy’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Troy could be anywhere from B− to A.
Goods, not services: 58% of the jobs in Troy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 644 → 460. 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.
36% of working residents work in Temple
Where Troy clocks in
8% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Troy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,180 commuters (the 2% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Troy
About 32% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Troy
On a workday 1,054 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
The commute in Troy is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Troy is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #617 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Troy 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 1,209 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). 3.9% of Troy households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Troy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Troy places 1,327th of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,325 | Liberty Township OH | 3,963 | $67K | 5.8% | 1.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,326 | Aurora NE | 4,787 | $78K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 39% | B+ |
| 1,327 | Troy TX | 3,585 | $86K | 4.0% | 5.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,328 | Clay Township OH | 4,690 | $86K | 8.1% | 3.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,329 | Circleville Township OH | 2,650 | $70K | 8.5% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Texas.
The towns around Troy
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $86,311 |
| Pendleton | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pendleton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$86,311 (±$12,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
4.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temple (36%, 8 mi), Austin (8%, 68 mi), Belton (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Troy walkable?
Troy is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Troy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.