Photo: Paul McDonald · CC BY-SA 3.0Concordia has lower household incomes than 87% of U.S. towns
12.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.3% across Kansas. The two grades for Concordia are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Concordia apart
Concordia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Concordia is Salina, 52 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (215) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Concordia are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 20 across Kansas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kansas worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Concordia workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Concordia’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Concordia workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. 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.
Concordia’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concordia is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #129 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Concordia’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concordia could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many miles Concordia commutes
About 37% 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.
Getting to work from Concordia takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concordia workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,372 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
What Concordia’s employers do
2,120 jobs are based in Concordia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concordia, 2013 → 2023: 2,454 → 2,120. 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 Concordia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Concordia
On a workday 1,154 residents head out to work, 878 work right here, and 1,242 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Salina
Where Concordia clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Concordia is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concordia is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #20 of 151 in Kansas. Both inputs place Concordia 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 2,470 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). 8.1% of Concordia households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Concordia’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Concordia ranks: 2,897th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Fairway KS | 4,181 | $153K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Aubry Township KS | 4,719 | $134K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,895 | Noble Township OH | 5,919 | $67K | 10.6% | 11.3% | 13% | C− |
| 2,896 | Fulton IL | 3,540 | $46K | 14.8% | 4.8% | 17% | C− |
| 2,897 | Concordia KS | 4,991 | $51K | 12.2% | 3.2% | 43% | C− |
| 2,898 | Hardin MT | 3,696 | $60K | 7.2% | 5.6% | 46% | C− |
| 2,899 | Bristow OK | 4,381 | $39K | 29.1% | 3.1% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Concordia, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns around Concordia
The biggest share goes to Lincoln Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concordia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia | – | C− | A− | 13 min | $51,138 |
| Lincoln Township | 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Concordia’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 Concordia: questions
What is the median household income in Concordia?
$51,138 (±$12,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concordia?
12.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concordia?
13 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concordia work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salina (11%, 52 mi), Belleville (4%, 18 mi), Wichita (3%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concordia walkable?
Concordia is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concordia without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Concordia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Concordia
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.