Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, MO

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are O'Fallon (8%), Wentzville (8%) and St. Peters (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

896 of 6,234 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,338 Troy residents head out of town to work, 896 work right here, and 5,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

5,338live here, work elsewhere

896live and work here

5,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Troy (in town)right here

14%896

O'Fallon18.7 mi away

8%525

Wentzville11.9 mi away

8%498

St. Peters23.5 mi away

5%305

St. Charles27.1 mi away

4%273

St. Louis45.3 mi away

4%263

Chesterfield30 mi away

3%185

Maryland Heights31.9 mi away

3%173

Creve Coeur35.4 mi away

2%126

Lake St. Louis16.4 mi away

2%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,870

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.

21%

29%

39%

10%

21%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

6,192 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

6,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Troy residents hold

6,234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+8%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 5,755 → 6,192. 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.