Fort Hood vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Hood and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Hood and Troy are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Hood has the higher population (25,786 vs 2,628 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($81,193 vs $59,661 in Fort Hood). Since 2019, Fort Hood's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs -6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hood	Troy
Population	25,786	2,628
Median age	21.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,661	$81,193
Median home value	—	$188,200
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,141
Housing units	6,931	951
Homeownership rate	0.3%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hood	Troy
Population	23,508 → 25,786 (+9.7%)	2,820 → 2,628 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$44,718 → $59,661 (+33.4%)	$63,281 → $81,193 (+28.3%)
Median home value	—	$124,000 → $188,200 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,368 (+9.3%)	$949 → $1,141 (+20.2%)

Fort Hood

Population

23,50825,786

Median household income

$44,718$59,661

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,368

Troy

Population

2,8202,628

Median household income

$63,281$81,193

Median home value

$124,000$188,200

Median gross rent

$949$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Hood	Troy
Under 5	11.6%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	40.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	22.4%	19.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	2.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	0.7%	6.3%
65 to 74	0.2%	10.5%
75 and over	0.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hood	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	66.0%
Black or African American	18.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hood	Troy
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hood	Troy
Drove alone	56.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	22.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hood	Troy
1-unit, detached	17.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	73.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hood	Troy
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.2%
Average household size	3.36	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	11	23
Median year structure built	1977	1994