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Work & commute · Troy

Work & commute in Troy, WI

Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (18%), Spring Green (15%) and Prairie du Sac (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 378 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 375 Troy residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Troy.

375live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
121work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Troy goes to work

PlainSauk CitySpring GreenPrairie du SacDodgevilleRichland CenterReedsburgBarabooMiddletonMadisonSpring GreenArenaTroyMerrimacPrairie du SacFranklinHoney CreekBuena VistaMadisonSpring GreenPrairie du SacRichland CenterSauk CityReedsburgSpring GreenDodgevilleBarabooMiddletonTroy
1
Madison27.1 mi away
18%69
2
Spring Green8.8 mi away
15%56
3
Prairie du Sac10 mi away
4%17
4
Richland Center24.1 mi away
4%15
5
Sauk City9.7 mi away
3%12
6
Reedsburg20.3 mi away
3%12
7
Spring Green9.7 mi away
3%12
8
Dodgeville22 mi away
3%11
9
Baraboo17.9 mi away
3%10
10
Middleton23.1 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%155

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.

22%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Troy is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Troy are

124 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

124 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Troy residents hold

378 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−83%

Jobs based in Troy, 2013 → 2023: 737 → 124. 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.

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