Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, NC

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (7%), Asheboro (5%) and Biscoe (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

212 of 1,170 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 958 Troy residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 2,216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

958live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

2,216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Troy (in town)right here

18%212

Charlotte54 mi away

7%84

Asheboro23.9 mi away

5%64

Biscoe6.3 mi away

4%43

Albemarle16.9 mi away

3%38

Mount Gilead12.1 mi away

3%35

Raleigh77.3 mi away

2%23

Pinehurst26.7 mi away

2%22

Winston-Salem55 mi away

2%20

Concord41.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%612

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.

34%

18%

21%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

2,428 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

2,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Troy residents hold

1,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−15%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 2,851 → 2,428. 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.