Fewer people are out of work in Concordia (1.0%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Concordia grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Concordia is behind 75% of U.S. towns. About one in five work in Concordia itself; outside it, Kansas City draws the most (15%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Concordia
Concordia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Concordia is Kansas City, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (136) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Concordia makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Concordia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Concordia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. 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; with 936 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Concordia
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concordia is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Concordia’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,068, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concordia could be anywhere from C to B.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Concordia
About 34% 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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Concordia’s jobs are in goods
1,120 jobs are based in Concordia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concordia, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 1,120. 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.
Concordia on a workday afternoon
On a workday 741 residents head out to work, 195 work right here, and 925 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 (1.20 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 Concordia’s working residents head each day
Where Concordia clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
How long Concordia spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concordia workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 887 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Concordia
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concordia is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. 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 1,033 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). 4.3% of Concordia households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Concordia’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Concordia ranks: 3,000th of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 54 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,998 | Hill 'n Dale FL | 3,083 | $58K | 10.1% | 2.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,999 | Fruitland NC | 2,398 | $48K | 15.6% | 1.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,000 | Concordia MO | 2,338 | $59K | 15.5% | 1.0% | 21% | C+ |
| 3,001 | Plattsburg MO | 2,239 | $63K | 17.5% | 1.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 3,002 | Nooksack WA | 1,833 | $97K | 14.7% | 5.2% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Missouri.
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?
$59,068 (±$7,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concordia?
15.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concordia?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concordia work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (15%, 54 mi), Warrensburg (6%, 18 mi), Higginsville (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concordia walkable?
Concordia is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concordia without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.