Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Concord has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. There are 17 jobs in Concord for 178 working residents. Hardly any stay in Concord for work; outside it, Griffin is the main destination (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Concord, and who commutes in
On a workday 177 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Out of Concord to work: where people go
Where Concord clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Concord: what the 17 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 17. 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.
Commuting from Concord: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
How far Concord goes to work
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Concord compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | – | — | — | 33 min | $77,679 |
| Hilltop | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hilltop: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Concord’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$77,679 (±$12,579) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord?
7.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Griffin (9%, 14 mi), Zebulon (8%, 6 mi), Atlanta (4%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Concord without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.