Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, OH

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Mansfield (25%), Lexington (12%) and Ontario (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

303 of 2,787 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 2,484 Troy residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 1,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

2,484live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

1,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Troy goes to work

Mansfield7.2 mi away

25%686

Lexington2 mi away

12%330

Ontario5.8 mi away

7%185

Columbus52.1 mi away

7%184

Ashland20.2 mi away

3%90

Galion9.4 mi away

3%88

Mount Vernon21.8 mi away

2%59

Washington5.6 mi away

2%51

Shelby14 mi away

1%39

Troy (in town)right here

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,040

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.

49%

17%

11%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

1,826 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

1,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Troy residents hold

2,787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−12%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 2,086 → 1,826. 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.