Wayside, The · Photo: National Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domainConcord has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Concord grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Poverty touches 3.7% of residents, next to 10.0% for Massachusetts as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Concord
A lot of Concord works from home
36% of Concord workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Concord’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 74% of the jobs based in Concord. The jobs ↓
Concord draws workers from far and wide
The 11,392 jobs in Concord are filled from a wide area. Concord’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Concord is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Concord gains people on a workday
About 22,000 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 18,000 who live here: 10,000 come in to work and 6,800 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Concord gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concord is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #29 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($195,350, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concord could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily trip from Concord: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,615 commuters (the 36% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Concord is a services town
11,392 jobs are based in Concord.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 10,293 → 11,392. 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.
20% of working residents work in Boston
Where Concord clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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 fills up on a workday
On a workday 6,823 residents head out to work, 931 work right here, and 10,461 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Concord on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
Where in the region Concord works
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Concord
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #67 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 8.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,224 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 2.4% of Concord households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Concord’s commuters take a bus or train.
Concord places 152nd of 1,915 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Hopkinton MA | 19,866 | $223K | 2.5% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Chantilly VA | 24,036 | $157K | 5.8% | 2.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 151 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| 152 | Concord MA | 18,208 | $195K | 3.7% | 3.7% | 12% | A+ |
| 153 | Winchester MA | 23,710 | $230K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 7% | A+ |
| 154 | Sharon Township OH | 16,863 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Massachusetts.
Around Concord: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Bedford (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | – | A+ | A | 32 min | $195,350 |
| Lincoln | under 2% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $175,117 |
| Bedford | 2% | A− | A− | 26 min | $172,400 |
| Carlisle | under 2% | A+ | B− | 35 min | $250,000+ |
| Acton | 2% | A | A− | 35 min | $158,230 |
| Sudbury | under 2% | A | B+ | 35 min | $236,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$195,350 (±$22,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord?
3.7%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (20%, 20 mi), Cambridge (9%, 14 mi), Waltham (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concord walkable?
Concord is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.