With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Concord works elsewhere
210 jobs are based in Concord, and 743 of its residents work somewhere. Concord grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Concord for work; outside it, Birmingham is the main destination (24%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Concord in brief
Concord is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Concord, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Concord has about 1,400 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Concord workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 743 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Concord earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Concord is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Concord’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,406, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Concord’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Concord could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who works in Concord, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 733 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Concord: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 860 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Concord commutes to
Where Concord clocks in
24% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Concord works in goods: 37% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 210. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Concord’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Concord commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Concord commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Concord near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 884 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Concord households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord’s commuters take a bus or train.
Concord is 2,161st of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 87 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,159 | Fredonia Township MI | 1,589 | $81K | 7.8% | 1.3% | <1% | B− |
| 2,160 | Union Township PA | 1,541 | $81K | 4.9% | 8.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,161 | Concord AL | 1,913 | $66K | 11.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,162 | Belleair Bluffs FL | 2,242 | $59K | 9.5% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,163 | Malad City ID | 2,338 | $77K | 8.2% | 1.4% | 35% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Concord, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Concord: questions
What is the median household income in Concord?
$66,406 (±$13,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord?
11.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (24%, 15 mi), Bessemer (11%, 7 mi), Hoover (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concord walkable?
Concord is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Concord, from the people who make the trip.
More of Concord
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.