Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0North Troy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working residents average 50 minutes each way, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S. There are 137 jobs in North Troy for 260 working residents. Only 4% stay in North Troy for work; outside it, Newport is the main destination (21%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in North Troy: the gist
Each way, about 50 minutes from North Troy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Troy workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
In and out of North Troy on a workday
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in North Troy on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where North Troy goes to work
Where North Troy clocks in
18% 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.
Jobs in North Troy: what the 137 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Troy, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 137. 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 North Troy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from North Troy
About 22% 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.
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 North Troy: questions
What is the median household income in North Troy?
$50,417 (±$4,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Troy?
21.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Troy?
50 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Troy work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (21%, 10 mi), Jay (18%, 6 mi), Derby (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Troy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Troy, from the people who make the trip.
More of North 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.