East Troy is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,696 people and four associated neighborhoods, East Troy is the 170th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Troy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Troy is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Troy who work in office and administrative support (16.84%), business and financial occupations (9.89%), and sales jobs (9.17%). Also of interest is that East Troy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in East Troy telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.82% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The overall crime rate in East Troy is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. As is often the case in a small village, East Troy doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, East Troy is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.27% of adults in East Troy have a college degree. The per capita income in East Troy in 2022 was $42,350, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,400 for a family of four. However, East Troy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call East Troy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Troy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Troy include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in East Troy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
