Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, NY

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (19%), Colonie (14%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,415 of 19,841 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,426 Troy residents head out of town to work, 3,415 work right here, and 13,871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

16,426live here, work elsewhere

3,415live and work here

13,871work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Albany7.9 mi away

19%3,793

Troy (in town)right here

17%3,415

Colonie5.7 mi away

14%2,689

New York143.9 mi away

6%1,280

East Greenbush9.1 mi away

4%885

Schenectady13.6 mi away

2%400

Clifton Park11.3 mi away

2%332

Guilderland14.7 mi away

2%324

North Greenbush4.2 mi away

2%299

Cohoes3 mi away

1%285

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%6,139

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.

61%

14%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

17,286 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

17,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Troy residents hold

19,841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−19%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 21,223 → 17,286. 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.