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Population (year 2000): 1,378. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,365 (-0.9% change)
Males: 645 (46.8%), Females: 733 (53.2%)
Bell County
Zip code:
76579
Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $39,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $58,800 (year 2000)
Races in Troy:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.1%)
- Hispanic (16.1%)
- Other race (7.4%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Black (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (19.9%), Irish (13.1%),
United States (11.5%), English (4.6%), Czech (3.3%),
Scotch-Irish (2.7%).
Elevation: 666 feet
Land area: 3.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Troy
- High school or higher: 80.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Troy city
- Never married: 20.8%
- Now married: 54.9%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 13.9%
2.5% Foreign born (1.7% Latin America, 0.4%
Europe, 0.4% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +38 (+2.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Troy:
- KINGS DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; TEMPLE,
TX)
- SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
TEMPLE, TX)
- PROVIDENCE HEALTH CENTER (about 22 miles; WACO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Troy:
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 8
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 28 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
- WACO REGIONAL (about 28 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Troy:
- MC GREGOR EXECUTIVE (about 20 miles; WACO, TX; ID:
PWG)
- HOOD AAF (about 28 miles; FORT HOOD(KILLEEN), TX;
ID: HLR)
- VALLEY MILLS MUNI (about 30 miles; VALLEY MILLS, TX;
ID: 9F1)
Amtrak stations near Troy:
- 8 miles: TEMPLE (315 WEST AVE. B). Services: ticket
office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus
service, public transit connection.
- 18 miles: MCGREGOR (1 AMTRAK BLVD.). Services: fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Troy:
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 9 miles; TEMPLE, TX; Full-time
enrollment: 2,054)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 16 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; WACO, TX; FT
enrollment: 13,183)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 32 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 35 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
FT enrollment: 6,777)
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 12,819)
Public high school in Troy:
- TROY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 391; Location: #1
TROJAN RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Troy:
- TROY ELEMENTARY (Students: 346; Location: #1
TROJAN RD; Grades: 02 - 05)
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 297; Location:
#1 TROJAN RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- EDNA BIGHAM MAYS ELEMENTARY (Students: 223;
Location: #1 TROJAN RD; Grades: PK - 01)
- TROY J J A E P (Students: 1; Location: P O
BOX 409; Grades: 06 - 12)
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