Harrisburg School · Photo: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Troy commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Troy for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (15%, 27 miles). Employers in Troy report 113 jobs for 414 working residents. 20% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Troy, in brief
Troy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Troy is Madison, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Troy is a place people come home to
There are 113 jobs based in Troy, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Troy has about 470 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Troy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from 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 2024.
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 410 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Troy on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Getting to work from Troy takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troy workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 336 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The towns that employ Troy’s residents
Where Troy clocks in
15% 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.
In Troy, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troy, 2014 → 2024: 209 → 113. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Troy
The biggest share goes to Spring Green (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Troy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | – | — | — | 29 min | $82,250 |
| Arena | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $97,375 |
| Honey Creek | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Franklin | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Prairie du Sac | under 3% | A− | D | 22 min | $110,905 |
| Spring Green | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Honey Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Franklin and Spring Green: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. 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 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: questions
What is the median household income in Troy?
$82,250 (±$20,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troy?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troy?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (15%, 27 mi), Spring Green (14%, 9 mi), Prairie du Sac (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Troy without a car?
0% 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, 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), 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.