How West Concord works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 5% stay in West Concord for work; outside it, Boston is the main destination (19%, 22 miles). For 32% of workers, the job is at home; Massachusetts has 19%. The average commute takes 32 minutes each way; Massachusetts averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: West Concord in brief
Home offices are common in West Concord
32% of West Concord workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
West Concord is where the jobs are
West Concord has 4,058 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
77% of West 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 75% of the jobs based in West Concord. The jobs ↓
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.
From West Concord, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Concord workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,574 commuters (the 32% 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.
Who works in West Concord, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,489 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 3,932 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in West Concord on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in West Concord
4,058 jobs are based in West Concord.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Concord, 2013 → 2023: 3,718 → 4,058. 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 West Concord’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into West Concord
Where West Concord clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
Miles to work from West Concord
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.
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 West Concord: questions
What is the median household income in West Concord?
$183,228 (±$22,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Concord?
6.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Concord?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Concord work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (19%, 22 mi), Concord (11%, 2 mi), Cambridge (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Concord without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Concord, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.