East Main-Mechanic Streets Historic District · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Concord
Concord grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in five work in Concord itself; outside it, Buffalo draws the most (13%, 26 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Concord apart on work
Concord’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Concord is Buffalo, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (482) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Concord are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. 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.
How Concord earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Concord is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #355 of 758 in New York. The poverty rate holds Concord’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Concord could be anywhere from C to A−.
Concord’s commute, mile by mile
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.
About 27 minutes to work from Concord
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Concord workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,370 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Concord on a workday
On a workday 2,952 residents head out to work, 766 work right here, and 2,166 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 (0.79 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.
Out of Concord to work: where people go
Where Concord clocks in
13% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Concord: 2,932 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Concord, 2013 → 2023: 3,460 → 2,932. 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.
In Concord, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Concord is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #598 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Concord 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 3,862 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.7% of Concord households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Concord’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200, Concord ranks 1,544th of 3,012 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,542 | Chouteau Township IL | 7,428 | $60K | 14.0% | 2.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,543 | German Township IN | 8,780 | $79K | 15.0% | 2.4% | 30% | B |
| 1,544 | Concord NY | 8,290 | $79K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 21% | B |
| 1,545 | Cross Creek Township OH | 7,574 | $72K | 6.8% | 3.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,546 | Springfield Township OH | 11,124 | $81K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 New York.
How Concord compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Concord workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | – | B | C+ | 27 min | $78,594 |
| Ashford | under 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $77,558 |
| East Otto | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Colden | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $97,935 |
| Collins | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $60,905 |
| Sardinia | under 2% | B− | C | 30 min | $84,583 |
| Boston | under 2% | A− | C− | 24 min | $92,482 |
| North Collins | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $100,270 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Otto: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$78,594 (±$20,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Concord?
7.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Concord?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Concord work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (13%, 26 mi), Hamburg (6%, 16 mi), Amherst (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Concord walkable?
Concord is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Concord without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.