Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, IL

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (20%), Chicago (10%) and Bolingbrook (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,319 of 22,001 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,682 Troy residents head out of town to work, 2,319 work right here, and 17,699 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

19,682live here, work elsewhere

2,319live and work here

17,699work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Joliet2.6 mi away

20%4,324

Chicago34.8 mi away

10%2,165

Bolingbrook13.1 mi away

4%803

Plainfield7.9 mi away

3%768

Shorewood1.1 mi away

3%752

Romeoville9.6 mi away

3%642

Naperville16.8 mi away

3%590

Channahon6.8 mi away

2%423

New Lenox11.7 mi away

2%399

Aurora18.3 mi away

2%398

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%10,737

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Troy commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

28%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

20,018 jobs are based in Troy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Troy

20,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Troy residents hold

22,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+19%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 16,830 → 20,018. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.