Mann House · Photo: CedarBendDrive · CC BY 2.0Concord Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Concord Township has 466 jobs, and 1,154 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Concord Township are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% stay in Concord Township for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (19%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Concord Township
Concord Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concord Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #502 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Concord Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($64,148, U.S. $80,734).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concord Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Making and building: 52% of jobs based in Concord Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord Township, 2011 → 2021: 297 → 466. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Concord Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Concord Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,094 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Concord Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Concord Township to work: where people go
Where Concord Township clocks in
19% 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.
Getting to work from Concord Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,201 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Concord Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Concord Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #498 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,286 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). 2.3% of Concord Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Concord Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Concord Township is 2,964th among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 131 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,962 | Cannon AFB NM | 2,405 | $63K | 8.5% | 18.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,963 | Cordova AK | 2,401 | $85K | 2.9% | 8.4% | — | C+ |
| 2,964 | Concord Township MI | 2,721 | $64K | 12.4% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,965 | Richmond NY | 3,275 | $79K | 6.8% | 8.3% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,966 | Perry Township PA | 2,244 | $68K | 6.7% | 9.9% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Michigan.
10% of Concord Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Township | – | C+ | C− | 24 min | $64,148 |
| Spring Arbor Township | 10% | A− | B+ | 21 min | $87,316 |
| Pulaski Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 29 min | $76,625 |
| Albion Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $75,990 |
| Parma Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $73,590 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spring Arbor Township. 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 2021, 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?
$64,148 (±$6,740) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord Township?
12.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan 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 Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (19%, 13 mi), Blackman Township (11%, 13 mi), Spring Arbor Township (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Concord Township walkable?
Concord Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2021, 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.