Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, IL

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (10%), Edwardsville (7%) and Belleville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

401 of 5,309 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,908 Troy residents head out of town to work, 401 work right here, and 2,408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

4,908live here, work elsewhere

401live and work here

2,408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

St. Louis, MO19.9 mi away

10%548

Troy (in town)right here

8%401

Edwardsville6.8 mi away

7%396

Belleville15.5 mi away

5%260

Collinsville6.9 mi away

4%236

Maryville3.8 mi away

4%225

O'Fallon8.8 mi away

3%172

Highland11.6 mi away

3%135

Granite City12.5 mi away

3%133

Fairview Heights10.9 mi away

2%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,699

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.

31%

42%

13%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

2,809 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

2,809 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Troy residents hold

5,309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+12%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 2,502 → 2,809. 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.