Most of Concord Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 2% of workers; Indiana has 11%. Employers in Concord Township report 102 jobs for 638 working residents. Concord Township grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Concord Township, in brief
Concord Township is a place people come home to
There are 102 jobs based in Concord Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Concord Township has about 870 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Concord Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Concord Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Concord Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Concord Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 638 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Concord Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Concord Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Concord Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($65,192, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (8.0%) is left out: Concord Township’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 Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Concord Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Concord Township 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.
27% of working residents work in Fort Wayne
Where Concord Township clocks in
9% 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.
From Concord Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 563 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
In Concord Township, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord Township, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 102. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Concord Township
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.
In Concord Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 573 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Concord Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Concord Township ranks 1,917th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,915 | Lake Waynoka OH | 1,266 | $82K | 4.2% | 5.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,916 | Elk Rapids MI | 1,610 | $71K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 16% | B− |
| 1,917 | Concord Township IN | 1,410 | $65K | 7.3% | 8.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,918 | Cormorant Township MN | 1,405 | $103K | 6.9% | 0.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,919 | Glenwood Township MN | 1,192 | $87K | 5.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Concord Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Township | – | B− | C− | 24 min | $65,192 |
| Spencer Township | 5% | C− | D− | 24 min | $54,018 |
| Wilmington Township | 3% | C+ | C | 20 min | $69,091 |
| Newville Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $103,346 |
| St. Joe | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Newville Township and St. Joe: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Concord Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Concord Township?
$65,192 (±$14,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord Township?
7.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (27%, 21 mi), Auburn (9%, 8 mi), Butler (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concord Township walkable?
Concord Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord Township 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Concord Township
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.