Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, MT

About one in 4 of Troy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Libby (14%), Kalispell (6%) and Yaak (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

48 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 152 Troy residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

152live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Troy (in town)right here

24%48

Libby16.2 mi away

14%28

Kalispell73.7 mi away

6%12

Yaak27.2 mi away

6%12

Missoula139.7 mi away

3%6

Bonners Ferry, ID25.3 mi away

2%4

Billings391 mi away

2%3

Sandpoint, ID33.1 mi away

1%2

East Helena226 mi away

1%2

Polson96.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%81

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%

25%

10%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

524 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

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Troy residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+6%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 524. 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.