Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, MI

About one in 5 of Troy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Detroit (8%), Warren (8%) and Southfield (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

7,246 of 35,882 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,636 Troy residents head out of town to work, 7,246 work right here, and 100,275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

28,636live here, work elsewhere

7,246live and work here

100,275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Troy (in town)right here

20%7,246

Detroit14.1 mi away

8%2,931

Warren8.8 mi away

8%2,887

Southfield9.5 mi away

6%1,997

Auburn Hills8 mi away

6%1,994

Sterling Heights5.9 mi away

4%1,319

Royal Oak5.3 mi away

3%1,187

Farmington Hills13.6 mi away

3%961

Pontiac8.5 mi away

2%891

Rochester Hills5.5 mi away

2%813

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%13,656

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.

58%

30%

58%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a job hub

3.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

107,521 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

107,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Troy residents hold

35,882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+17%

Jobs based in Troy, 2011 → 2021: 92,186 → 107,521. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.